diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 87e2e90..f0e9871 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: "v"
   major_pattern:
-    description: "a string which, if present in a git commit, indicates that a change represents a major (breaking) change"
+    description: "A string which, if present in a git commit, indicates that a change represents a major (breaking) change"
     required: true
     default: "(MAJOR)"
   minor_pattern:
-    description: "a string which, if present in a git commit, indicates that a change represents a minor (feature) change"
+    description: "A string which, if present in a git commit, indicates that a change represents a minor (feature) change"
     required: true
     default: "(MINOR)"
   format:
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ outputs:
     description: "An additional value indicating the number of commits for the current version"
   version:
     description: "The version result, in the format {major}.{minor}.{patch}"
+  version_tag:
+    description: "The version result with trailing zeros removed"
   changed:
     description: "Indicates whether there was a change since the last version if change_path was specified. If no change_path was specified this value will always be true since the entire repo is considered."
 runs:
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 54959a6..a0e59e5 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -982,20 +982,31 @@ const setOutput = (major, minor, patch, increment, changed, branch, namespace) =
     version += `-${namespace}`
   }
 
-  const tag = tagPrefix + version;
+  let tag;
+  if (major === 0 || patch !== 0) {
+    // Always tag pre-release/major version 0 as full version
+    tag = `${tagPrefix}${major}.${minor}.${patch}`;
+  } else if (minor !== 0) {
+    tag = `${tagPrefix}${major}.${minor}`;
+  } else {
+    tag = `${tagPrefix}${major}`;
+  }
 
   const repository = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY;
 
   core.info(`Version is ${major}.${minor}.${patch}+${increment}`);
-  if (repository !== undefined) {
+  if (repository !== undefined && !namespace) {
     core.info(`To create a release for this version, go to https://github.com/${repository}/releases/new?tag=${tag}&target=${branch.split('/').reverse()[0]}`);
   }
+
   core.setOutput("version", version);
   core.setOutput("major", major.toString());
   core.setOutput("minor", minor.toString());
   core.setOutput("patch", patch.toString());
   core.setOutput("increment", increment.toString());
   core.setOutput("changed", changed.toString());
+  core.setOutput("version_tag", tag);
+
 };
 
 async function run() {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 223e9ac..357a81c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -36,20 +36,31 @@ const setOutput = (major, minor, patch, increment, changed, branch, namespace) =
     version += `-${namespace}`
   }
 
-  const tag = tagPrefix + version;
+  let tag;
+  if (major === 0 || patch !== 0) {
+    // Always tag pre-release/major version 0 as full version
+    tag = `${tagPrefix}${major}.${minor}.${patch}`;
+  } else if (minor !== 0) {
+    tag = `${tagPrefix}${major}.${minor}`;
+  } else {
+    tag = `${tagPrefix}${major}`;
+  }
 
   const repository = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY;
 
   core.info(`Version is ${major}.${minor}.${patch}+${increment}`);
-  if (repository !== undefined) {
+  if (repository !== undefined && !namespace) {
     core.info(`To create a release for this version, go to https://github.com/${repository}/releases/new?tag=${tag}&target=${branch.split('/').reverse()[0]}`);
   }
+
   core.setOutput("version", version);
   core.setOutput("major", major.toString());
   core.setOutput("minor", minor.toString());
   core.setOutput("patch", patch.toString());
   core.setOutput("increment", increment.toString());
   core.setOutput("changed", changed.toString());
+  core.setOutput("version_tag", tag);
+
 };
 
 async function run() {