diff --git a/devstack/README.rst b/devstack/README.rst
index 51aa61300..d5bf22761 100644
--- a/devstack/README.rst
+++ b/devstack/README.rst
@@ -12,4 +12,14 @@ Enabling Aodh in DevStack
     [[local|localrc]]
     enable_plugin aodh https://git.openstack.org/openstack/aodh
 
+   To use stable branches, make sure devstack is on that branch, and specify
+   the branch name to enable_plugin, for example::
+
+    enable_plugin aodh https://git.openstack.org/openstack/aodh stable/mitaka
+
+   There are some options, such as AODH_BACKEND, defined in
+   ``aodh/devstack/settings``, they can be used to configure the installation
+   of Aodh. If you don't want to use their default value, you can set a new
+   one in ``local.conf``.
+
 3. Run ``stack.sh``.