diff --git a/doc/source/_vendor/vendor_strings.txt b/doc/source/_vendor/vendor_strings.txt
index 5f0ebc62b..74a94fe3f 100755
--- a/doc/source/_vendor/vendor_strings.txt
+++ b/doc/source/_vendor/vendor_strings.txt
@@ -135,4 +135,13 @@
 
 .. Initial version for k8s multi-ver upgrade orch strategy
 
-.. |k8s-multi-ver-orch-strategy-release| replace:: release 8.0
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+.. |k8s-multi-ver-orch-strategy-release| replace:: release 8.0
+
+.. Paired release values
+.. Used to expand to different values in different contexts, i.e. stx vs partner
+
+.. |v_master| replace:: r9
+.. |v_r8| replace:: r8
+.. |v_r7| replace:: r7
+.. |v_r6| replace:: r6
+.. |v_r5| replace:: r5
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