diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5cef938..e065ab95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ a lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 
 The aim of the project is to be the [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) or sed of yaml files.
 
+## New version!
+V3 is officially out - if you've been using v2 and want/need to upgrade, checkout the [upgrade guide](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/upgrading-from-v2).
+
 ## Install
 ### On MacOS:
 ```
@@ -70,44 +73,39 @@ yq() {
 
 ## Features
 - Written in portable go, so you can download a lovely dependency free binary
-- Deep read a yaml file with a given path
-- Update a yaml file given a path
-- Update a yaml file given a script file
+- [Deep read a yaml file with a given path expression](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/read#basic)
+- [List matching paths of a given path expression](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/read#path-only)
+- Update a yaml file given a [path expression](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/write-update#basic) or [script file](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/write-update#basic)
 - Update creates any missing entries in the path on the fly
-- Create a yaml file given a deep path and value
-- Create a yaml file given a script file
-- Prefix a path to a yaml file
-- Convert from json to yaml
-- Convert from yaml to json
-- Pipe data in by using '-'
-- Merge multiple yaml files where each additional file sets values for missing or null value keys.
-- Merge multiple yaml files and override previous values.
-- Merge multiple yaml files and append array values.
-- Supports multiple documents in a single yaml file
+- Keeps yaml formatting and comments when updating
+- Create a yaml file given a [deep path and value](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/create#creating-a-simple-yaml-file) or a [script file](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/create#creating-using-a-create-script)
+- [Prefix a path to a yaml file](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/prefix)
+- [Convert to/from json to yaml](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/usage/convert)
+- [Pipe data in by using '-'](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/read#from-stdin)
+- [Merge](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/merge) multiple yaml files with various options for [overriding](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/merge#overwrite-values) and [appending](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/merge#append-values-with-arrays)
+- Supports multiple documents in a single yaml file for [reading](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/read#multiple-documents), [writing](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/write-update#multiple-documents) and [merging](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/merge#multiple-documents)
 
-## [Usage](http://mikefarah.github.io/yq/)
+## [Usage](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/)
 
-Check out the [documentation](http://mikefarah.github.io/yq/) for more detailed and advanced usage.
+Check out the [documentation](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/) for more detailed and advanced usage.
 
 ```
-yq is a lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor. It aims to be the jq or sed of yaml files.
-
 Usage:
   yq [flags]
   yq [command]
 
 Available Commands:
-  delete      yq d [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c
+  delete      yq d [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fred).value'
   help        Help about any command
   merge       yq m [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] [--overwrite/-x] [--append/-a] sample.yaml sample2.yaml
   new         yq n [--script/-s script_file] a.b.c newValue
   prefix      yq p [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c
-  read        yq r [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c
-  write       yq w [--inplace/-i] [--script/-s script_file] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c newValue
+  read        yq r [--printMode/-p pv] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value'
+  write       yq w [--inplace/-i] [--script/-s script_file] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value' newValue
 
 Flags:
   -h, --help      help for yq
-  -t, --trim      trim yaml output (default true)
+  -j, --tojson    output as json
   -v, --verbose   verbose mode
   -V, --version   Print version information and quit
 
@@ -120,8 +118,4 @@ Use "yq [command] --help" for more information about a command.
 3. add unit tests
 4. apply changes to go.mod
 5. `make [local] build`
-6. If required, update the user documentation
-    - Update README.md and/or documentation under the mkdocs folder
-    - `make [local] build-docs`
-    - browse to docs/index.html and check your changes
 7. profit
diff --git a/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/delete.go
index 35ac8808..5d857751 100644
--- a/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/delete.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ func createDeleteCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var cmdDelete = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "delete [yaml_file] [path_expression]",
 		Aliases: []string{"d"},
-		Short:   "yq d [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c",
+		Short:   "yq d [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fred).value'",
 		Example: `
 yq delete things.yaml 'a.b.c'
 yq delete things.yaml 'a.*.c'
diff --git a/cmd/read.go b/cmd/read.go
index a669a080..d9d3bd23 100644
--- a/cmd/read.go
+++ b/cmd/read.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ func createReadCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var cmdRead = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "read [yaml_file] [path_expression]",
 		Aliases: []string{"r"},
-		Short:   "yq r [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'a.b.c'",
+		Short:   "yq r [--printMode/-p pv] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value'",
 		Example: `
 yq read things.yaml 'a.b.c'
 yq r - 'a.b.c' # reads from stdin
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 11a00675..e052b8e1 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "3.0.0"
+	Version = "3.0.1"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	VersionPrerelease = "beta"
+	VersionPrerelease = ""
 )
 
 // ProductName is the name of the product
diff --git a/cmd/write.go b/cmd/write.go
index 04422f4b..0528d4fd 100644
--- a/cmd/write.go
+++ b/cmd/write.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ func createWriteCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var cmdWrite = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "write [yaml_file] [path_expression] [value]",
 		Aliases: []string{"w"},
-		Short:   "yq w [--inplace/-i] [--script/-s script_file] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c newValue",
+		Short:   "yq w [--inplace/-i] [--script/-s script_file] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value' newValue",
 		Example: `
 yq write things.yaml 'a.b.c' true
 yq write things.yaml 'a.*.c' true
diff --git a/release_instructions.txt b/release_instructions.txt
index 07b005f7..bc950a26 100644
--- a/release_instructions.txt
+++ b/release_instructions.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 - increment version in snapcraft.yaml
 - commit
 - tag git with same version number
-  - be sure to also tag with 'v' for gopkg.in
 - make sure local build passes
 - push tag to git
   - git push --tags
diff --git a/scripts/devtools.sh b/scripts/devtools.sh
index 3113b042..cbd12f36 100755
--- a/scripts/devtools.sh
+++ b/scripts/devtools.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
-wget -O - -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s v1.21.0
+wget -O- -nv https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s v1.23.1
 go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 1f96b906..f756dd77 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '3.0.0-beta'
+version: '3.0.1'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.