diff --git a/libmpv/client.h b/libmpv/client.h
index 0f2a455ae3..b2b48f390f 100644
--- a/libmpv/client.h
+++ b/libmpv/client.h
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/**
- * Warning: this API is still work in progress. This notice will be removed
- * once the API is considered reasonably stable.
- */
-
 /**
  * Mechanisms provided by this API
  * -------------------------------
@@ -139,12 +134,13 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 
 /**
- * The version is incremented on each change. The 16 lower bits are incremented
- * if something in mpv is changed that might affect the client API, but doesn't
- * change C API itself (like the removal of an option or a property). The higher
- * 16 bits are incremented if the C API itself changes.
+ * The version is incremented on each API change. The 16 lower bits form the
+ * minor version number, and the 16 higher bits the major version number. If
+ * the API becomes incompatible to previous versions, the major version
+ * number is incremented. This affects only C part, and not properties and
+ * options.
  */
-#define MPV_CLIENT_API_VERSION 0x00000000UL
+#define MPV_CLIENT_API_VERSION 0x00010000UL
 
 /**
  * Return the MPV_CLIENT_API_VERSION the mpv source has been compiled with.
diff --git a/wscript_build.py b/wscript_build.py
index 33e68589a5..88c836e278 100644
--- a/wscript_build.py
+++ b/wscript_build.py
@@ -448,9 +448,7 @@ def build(ctx):
                              ctx.path.find_node("libmpv/client.h").read(),
                              re.M)
                    .group(1), 16)
-        libversion = (str(vnum >> 24) + '.' +
-                      str((vnum >> 16) & 0xff) + '.' +
-                      str(vnum & 0xffff))
+        libversion = str(vnum >> 16) + '.' + str(vnum & 0xffff) + '.0'
 
         def _build_libmpv(shared):
             features = "c "