diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 4f3bc7033..388f87fcc 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 |=====
-| Branch `trunk` | Branch `4.11` | Branch `4.10` | Branch `4.09` | Branch  `4.08`  | Branch  `4.07`  | Branch `4.06` | Branch `4.05`
+| Branch `trunk` | Branch `4.12` | Branch `4.11` | Branch `4.10`
 
 | image:https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml.svg?branch=trunk["TravisCI Build Status (trunk branch)",
      link="https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml"]
   image:https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/ocaml/ocaml?branch=trunk&svg=true["AppVeyor Build Status (trunk branch)",
      link="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avsm/ocaml"]
+| image:https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml.svg?branch=4.12["TravisCI Build Status (4.12 branch)",
+     link="https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml"]
+  image:https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/ocaml/ocaml?branch=4.12&svg=true["AppVeyor Build Status (4.12 branch)",
+     link="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avsm/ocaml"]
 | image:https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml.svg?branch=4.11["TravisCI Build Status (4.11 branch)",
      link="https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml"]
   image:https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/ocaml/ocaml?branch=4.11&svg=true["AppVeyor Build Status (4.11 branch)",
@@ -13,26 +17,6 @@
      link="https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml"]
   image:https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/ocaml/ocaml?branch=4.10&svg=true["AppVeyor Build Status (4.10 branch)",
      link="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avsm/ocaml"]
-| image:https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml.svg?branch=4.09["TravisCI Build Status (4.09 branch)",
-     link="https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml"]
-  image:https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/ocaml/ocaml?branch=4.09&svg=true["AppVeyor Build Status (4.09 branch)",
-     link="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avsm/ocaml"]
-| image:https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml.svg?branch=4.08["TravisCI Build Status (4.08 branch)",
-     link="https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml"]
-  image:https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/ocaml/ocaml?branch=4.08&svg=true["AppVeyor Build Status (4.08 branch)",
-     link="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avsm/ocaml"]
-| image:https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml.svg?branch=4.07["TravisCI Build Status (4.07 branch)",
-     link="https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml"]
-  image:https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/ocaml/ocaml?branch=4.07&svg=true["AppVeyor Build Status (4.07 branch)",
-     link="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avsm/ocaml"]
-| image:https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml.svg?branch=4.06["TravisCI Build Status (4.06 branch)",
-     link="https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml"]
-  image:https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/ocaml/ocaml?branch=4.06&svg=true["AppVeyor Build Status (4.06 branch)",
-     link="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avsm/ocaml"]
-| image:https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml.svg?branch=4.05["TravisCI Build Status (4.05 branch)",
-     link="https://travis-ci.org/ocaml/ocaml"]
-  image:https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/ocaml/ocaml?branch=4.05&svg=true["AppVeyor Build Status (4.05 branch)",
-     link="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avsm/ocaml"]
 |=====
 
 = README =
diff --git a/release-info/howto.md b/release-info/howto.md
index 97e74f878..a40a9cdca 100644
--- a/release-info/howto.md
+++ b/release-info/howto.md
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ Remove the oldest branch from this list.
 ## 5.4 new badge in README.adoc (for a new release branch)
 
 Add a badge for the new branch in README.adoc.
-Remove any badge that tracks a version older than Debian stable.
-
+Remove the oldest badge.
 
 ## 6: create OPAM packages