From e97ccc5cbde6d7e1aa8d9fa27e07b1cf2033ad5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tigattack <10629864+tigattack@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 21:01:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs(docker): clarify image tags

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 docker/README.md | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 059b9f8..4fd77ae 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -6,14 +6,21 @@ PatchMon is a containerised application that monitors system patches and updates
 
 - **Database**: PostgreSQL 17
 - **Backend**: Node.js API server
-- **Frontend**: React application served via Nginx
+- **Frontend**: React application served via NGINX
 
 ## Images
 
-- **Backend**: [ghcr.io/patchmon/patchmon-backend:latest](https://github.com/patchmon/patchmon.net/pkgs/container/patchmon-backend)
-- **Frontend**: [ghcr.io/patchmon/patchmon-frontend:latest](https://github.com/patchmon/patchmon.net/pkgs/container/patchmon-frontend)
+- **Backend**: [ghcr.io/patchmon/patchmon-backend](https://github.com/patchmon/patchmon.net/pkgs/container/patchmon-backend)
+- **Frontend**: [ghcr.io/patchmon/patchmon-frontend](https://github.com/patchmon/patchmon.net/pkgs/container/patchmon-frontend)
 
-Version tags are also available (e.g. `1.2.3`) for both of these images.
+### Tags
+
+- `latest`: The latest stable release of PatchMon
+- `x.y.z`: Full version tags (e.g. `1.2.3`) - Use this for exact version pinning.
+- `x.y`: Minor version tags (e.g. `1.2`) - Use this to get the latest patch release in a minor version series.
+- `x`: Major version tags (e.g. `1`) - Use this to get the latest minor and patch release in a major version series.
+
+These tags are available for both backend and frontend images as they are versioned together.
 
 ## Quick Start