diff --git a/doc/articles/plugins.md b/doc/articles/plugins.md
index e9a7b7a5f..5242ef7ca 100644
--- a/doc/articles/plugins.md
+++ b/doc/articles/plugins.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ requirements:
 The required version of the `composer-plugin-api` follows the same [rules][7]
 as a normal package's.
 
-The current Composer plugin API version is 1.1.0.
+The current Composer plugin API version is `2.0.0`.
 
 An example of a valid plugin `composer.json` file (with the autoloading
 part omitted and an optional require-dev dependency on `composer/composer` for IDE auto completion):
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ part omitted and an optional require-dev dependency on `composer/composer` for I
     "name": "my/plugin-package",
     "type": "composer-plugin",
     "require": {
-        "composer-plugin-api": "^1.1"
+        "composer-plugin-api": "^2.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "composer/composer": "^2.0"