diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 61d622b263ac9aa05ca5958a9b213b52e2dcf422..ec4ea676606c478ada8ff7a0928076a619343e16 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1508,6 +1508,11 @@ check-local: check-dirs $(GENERATED_FILES)
 	  echo "File $(top_srcdir)/doc/design-$$expver.rst not found" >&2; \
 	  error=1; \
 	fi; \
+	if test "`sed -ne '5 p' $(top_srcdir)/doc/design-draft.rst`" != \
+	  ".. Last updated for Ganeti $$expver"; then \
+	  echo "doc/design-draft.rst was not updated for version $$expver" >&2; \
+	  error=1; \
+	fi; \
 	for file in configure.ac $(HS_LIBTEST_SRCS) $(HS_PROG_SRCS); do \
 	  if test $$(wc --max-line-length < $(top_srcdir)/$$file) -gt 80; then \
 	    echo "Longest line in $$file is longer than 80 characters" >&2; \
diff --git a/doc/design-draft.rst b/doc/design-draft.rst
index 7deec88c243c1e88720daf9f4d57bf662eb6897c..275f2e7f17fa802e84f20b81d3e92aa777917236 100644
--- a/doc/design-draft.rst
+++ b/doc/design-draft.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Design document drafts
 ======================
 
+.. Last updated for Ganeti 2.6
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2