diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindKIM-API-V2.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindKIM-API-V2.cmake
index 0cc947e139..6ca6e068df 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindKIM-API-V2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindKIM-API-V2.cmake
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@
 #    Ryan S. Elliott
 #
 
-#
-# Release: This file is part of the kim-api.git repository.
-#
-
-
 # - Find KIM-API-V2
 #
 # sets standard pkg_check_modules variables plus:
diff --git a/doc/src/pair_kim.txt b/doc/src/pair_kim.txt
index 0c05913117..67ab0b6c07 100644
--- a/doc/src/pair_kim.txt
+++ b/doc/src/pair_kim.txt
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ building LAMMPS.
 
 See the examples/kim dir for an input script that uses a KIM model (potential)
 for Lennard-Jones.  Note, for this example input script, the example models
-shipped with with kim-api package must be installed.  See the "Making
-LAMMPS"_Section_start.html#start_3 section and the ./lib/kim/README for details
+shipped with with kim-api package must be installed.  See the "Build
+package"_Build_package.html section and the ./lib/kim/README for details
 on how to build LAMMSPS with the kim-api and how to install the example models.
 
 :line
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ LAMMPS was built with that package.  See the "Build
 package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info.
 
 This current version of pair_style kim is compatible with the
-kim-api package version 2.0.0-beta.2 and higher.
+kim-api package version 2.0.0 and higher.
 
 [Related commands:]
 
diff --git a/lib/kim/README b/lib/kim/README
index 7cf8f9bb7d..0e51a30870 100644
--- a/lib/kim/README
+++ b/lib/kim/README
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ Instructions:
 1. Configure lammps for use with the kim-api library installed in this directory
 
 # replace X.Y.Z as appropriate here and below
-$ printf "${PWD}/installed-kim-api-vX.Y.Z" > ./kim-prefix.txt
+$ printf "${PWD}/installed-kim-api-vX-X.Y.Z" > ./kim-prefix.txt
 
 2. Download and unpack the kim-api
 
-$ wget http://s3.openkim.org/kim-api/kim-api-vX.Y.Z.txz
-$ tar zxvf kim-api-vX.Y.Z.txz
+$ wget http://s3.openkim.org/kim-api/kim-api-vX-X.Y.Z.txz
+$ tar zxvf kim-api-vX-X.Y.Z.txz
 
 # configure the kim-api
-$ cd kim-api-vX.Y.Z
+$ cd kim-api-vX-X.Y.Z
 $ mkdir build && cd build
-$ cmake ..  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PWD}/../../installed-kim-api-vX.Y.Z
+$ cmake ..  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PWD}/../../installed-kim-api-vX-X.Y.Z
 
 3. Build and install the kim-api and model
 
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ $ make install
 4. Remove source and build files
 
 $ cd ../../
-$ rm -rf kim-api-vX.Y.Z
-$ rm -rf kim-api-vX.Y.Z.txz
+$ rm -rf kim-api-vX-X.Y.Z
+$ rm -rf kim-api-vX-X.Y.Z.txz
 
 5. To add items do the following (replace the kim item name with your
    desired value)
 
-$ source ${PWD}/kim-api-vX.Y.Z/bin/kim-api-vX-activate
+$ source ${PWD}/kim-api-vX-X.Y.Z/bin/kim-api-vX-activate
 $ kim-api-vX-collections-management install system Pair_Johnson_Fe__MO_857282754307_002
 
 
diff --git a/src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp b/src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp
index 6981b028b2..a4517b848c 100644
--- a/src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp
+++ b/src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   Designed for use with the kim-api-v2.0.0-beta.2 (and newer) package
+   Designed for use with the kim-api-v2-2.0.0 (and newer) package
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include <cstring>
diff --git a/src/KIM/pair_kim.h b/src/KIM/pair_kim.h
index a23d5cd317..a6f882347d 100644
--- a/src/KIM/pair_kim.h
+++ b/src/KIM/pair_kim.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   Designed for use with the kim-api-v2.0.0-beta.2 (and newer) package
+   Designed for use with the kim-api-v2-2.0.0 (and newer) package
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #ifdef PAIR_CLASS