diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97371b4..c1ce852 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Simple python script using GitPython library to generate debian
 changelog file from git commit history. Each existing tags is
 considered as a release version and current working version is
-numbered using ''git describe --tags'' command.
+numbered using ''git describe --always --tags'' command.
 
 # Installation
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ optional arguments:
   -n PACKAGE_NAME, --package-name PACKAGE_NAME
                         Package name
   -V VERSION, --version VERSION
-                        Currrent version (default: autodetected using git describe --tags)
+                        Currrent version (default: autodetected using git describe --always --tags)
   --version-suffix VERSION_SUFFIX
                         Suffix for autodetected version
   -c CODE_NAME, --code-name CODE_NAME
diff --git a/gitdch b/gitdch
index f88d48d..db4d066 100755
--- a/gitdch
+++ b/gitdch
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ parser.add_argument(
     '--version',
     type=str,
     dest='version',
-    help='Currrent version (default: autodetected using git describe --tags)'
+    help='Currrent version (default: autodetected using git describe --always --tags)'
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def add_version():
 
 tag = None
 version_commit = None
-version = options.version or clean_deb_version(repo.git.describe('--tags'))
+version = options.version or clean_deb_version(repo.git.describe('--always', '--tags'))
 messages = []
 for commit in repo.iter_commits():
     if version_commit is None: