diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 1fd1a2a..5372174 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ requirements
 
 to be able to generate the outputs, you need following software:
 
-- rake: the central script taking care of generating the output files (Makefile is too cumbersome to parse files)
 - [QEDA](http://qeda.org/): to generate footprints for the parts
 - [KiCad](https://www.kicad.org/): EDA software used for schematic capture and board layout
 - [PcbDraw](https://github.com/yaqwsx/PcbDraw): to generate board layout rendering
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ to be able to generate the outputs, you need following software:
 compiling
 =========
 
-to generate schematic, BoM, board render, and fabrication output, run `rake`.
+to generate schematic, BoM, board render, and fabrication output, run `make`.
 
 library
 -------
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ sudo npm install --global
 
 to generate the parts:
 ~~~
-rake library
+make library
 ~~~
 
 this will use the parts definition (.yaml files) in the `library` to generate the symbols (.sym files) and footprints used by KiCAD in the `kicad` folder.
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ most symbols are generated by QEDA as described above.
 
 to export as pdf:
 ~~~
-rake print
+make print
 ~~~
 
 BOM
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ BOM
 
 to export the bill of material (as CSV):
 ~~~
-rake bom
+make bom
 ~~~
 
 board
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ most symbols are generated by QEDA as described above.
 
 to export gerber files for PCB manufacturer (and photo preview + overview document):
 ~~~
-rake fabrication
+make fabrication
 ~~~
 
 versioning
@@ -86,8 +85,7 @@ versioning
 the source schematic and board layout do not include version information.
 when generating schematic or board fabrication output, a copy of the source files with date and version information is done as `.versioned.` files.
 the date corresponds to the last changes (i.e. commit).
-the version is formatted as `v.r hhhhhhh`:
+the version is formatted as `v.r`:
 
 - `v` corresponds to the major version information defined in `version`
 - `r` corresponds to the total number of changes done to the source files
-- `hhhhhhh` corresponds to the git hash of the commit used to generate the version information