diff --git a/docs/make_release.md b/docs/make_release.md
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--- a/docs/make_release.md
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@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ The FloPy release procedure is mostly automated with GitHub Actions in [`release
 
 3. Update the authors in `CITATION.cff` for the Software/Code citation for FloPy, if required.
 
+4. Review deprecations. To search for deprecation warnings with git: `git grep [-[A/B/C]N] <pattern>` for N optional extra lines of context. Some terms to search for:
+
+    - deprecated::
+    - DEPRECATED
+    - DeprecationWarning
+
 
 ## Release procedure