diff --git a/doc/source/conf.versioning.py b/doc/source/conf.versioning.py
index 2bcf430855f..65a85d7fd2d 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.versioning.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.versioning.py
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ from subprocess import check_output
 TARGET_GIT_BRANCH = os.environ.get('TARGET_GIT_BRANCH', 'dev')  # noqa: F821
 
 # Version message templates
-OLD_BANNER = """This document is for an old release of Galaxy. You can alternatively <a href="%(stable_path)s">view this
-page in the latest release if it exists</a> or <a href="%(stable_root)s">view the top of the latest release's
-documentation</a>."""
-DEV_BANNER = """This document is for an in-development version of Galaxy. You can alternatively <a
-href="%(stable_path)s">view this page in the latest release if it exists</a> or <a href="%(stable_root)s">view the top
-of the latest release's documentation</a>."""
+OLD_BANNER = """This document is for an old release of Galaxy."""
+DEV_BANNER = """This document is for an in-development version of Galaxy."""
+PRE_BANNER = """This document is for a pre-release version of Galaxy."""
+BANNER_APPEND = """ You can alternatively <a href="%(stable_path)s">view this page in the latest release if it
+exists</a> or <a href="%(stable_root)s">view the top of the latest release's documentation</a>."""
 
 # Minimum version for linking to docs
 MIN_DOC_VERSION = LooseVersion('17.05')
@@ -38,6 +37,11 @@ simpleversioning_versions = [
 # Used for determining the latest stable release so the banner can be added to older releases.
 _stable = None
 
+_target_ver = None
+_pre_release = False
+if TARGET_GIT_BRANCH.startswith('release_'):
+    _target_ver = TARGET_GIT_BRANCH[len('release_'):]
+
 # Use tags to determine versions - a stable version will have a branch before it's released, but not a tag.
 for _tag in reversed(check_output(('git', 'tag')).splitlines()):
     if _tag.startswith('v') and _tag.count('.') == 1:
@@ -45,6 +49,12 @@ for _tag in reversed(check_output(('git', 'tag')).splitlines()):
         _ver = _tag[1:]
         if not _stable:
             _stable = _ver
+            if _target_ver and LooseVersion(_target_ver) > LooseVersion(_ver):
+                # Pre-release
+                simpleversioning_versions.append(
+                    {'id': TARGET_GIT_BRANCH, 'name': _target_ver}
+                )
+                _pre_release = True
         if LooseVersion(_ver) >= MIN_DOC_VERSION:
             simpleversioning_versions.append(
                 {'id': 'release_%s' % _ver, 'name': _ver}
@@ -58,7 +68,10 @@ if TARGET_GIT_BRANCH.startswith('release_'):
     # The current stable release will go here but fail the next conditional, avoiding either banner.
     if TARGET_GIT_BRANCH != 'release_%s' % _stable:
         simpleversioning_show_banner = True
-        simpleversioning_banner_message = OLD_BANNER
+        if _pre_release:
+            simpleversioning_banner_message = PRE_BANNER + BANNER_APPEND
+        else:
+            simpleversioning_banner_message = OLD_BANNER + BANNER_APPEND
 elif TARGET_GIT_BRANCH != 'master':
     simpleversioning_show_banner = True
-    simpleversioning_banner_message = DEV_BANNER
+    simpleversioning_banner_message = DEV_BANNER + BANNER_APPEND