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 ### Install using opam
 
-If you use opam, you can install `coq-dpdgraph` and `ocamlgraph` using
+If you use opam with the latest version of Coq, you can install 
+`coq-dpdgraph` and `ocamlgraph` using
 
     $ opam repo add coq-released https://coq.inria.fr/opam/released
     $ opam install coq-dpdgraph
 
+To install a specific release of `coq-dpdgraph` for a previous version of 
+Coq, add the appropriate suffix, for example,
+
+    $ opam install coq-dpdgraph.1.0+8.16
+
 ### Test
 
 If you install the archive by cloning the git repository, you have