Have the documentation also grab the version from setuptools/__init__.py

docs/conf.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # serve to show the default.
 
 import sys, os
+import setuptools
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ copyright = '2009-2013, The fellowship of the packaging'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.9.1'
+version = setuptools.__version__
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.9.1'
+release = setuptools.__version__
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

release.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def before_upload():
     _linkify('CHANGES.txt', 'CHANGES (linked).txt')
 
 files_with_versions = (
-    'docs/conf.py', 'ez_setup.py', 'setuptools/__init__.py',
+    'ez_setup.py', 'setuptools/__init__.py',
 )
 
 test_info = "Travis-CI tests: http://travis-ci.org/#!/jaraco/setuptools"