diff --git a/docs/source/releasing.rst b/docs/source/releasing.rst
index 27cee864c0..0fe51370d5 100644
--- a/docs/source/releasing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/releasing.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Things to do for releasing:
 
       - review history change
 
-      - ``git rm`` changes
+      - ``git rm`` the now outdated newfragments
 
    + commit
 
@@ -53,4 +53,10 @@ Things to do for releasing:
 
 * merge the release pull request
 
+* make a GitHub release (go to the tag and press "Create release from tag")
+
+   + paste in the new content in ``history.rst`` and convert it to markdown: turn the parts under section into ``---``, update links to just be the links, and whatever else is necessary.
+
+   + include anything else that might be pertinent, like a link to the commits between the latest and current release.
+
 * announce on gitter