diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index 61c6bffa..df8aaa9b 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ Release checklist
 
  1. Commit the new release
  2. Tag the commit
- 3. `git push`
- 4. `git push --tags`
- 5. Go to [the docs admin][rtd] and enable builds for the new tag.
+ 3. `git push --tags origin master` to push the commit and tag at the
+    same time.
+ 5. Go to [the docs admin][rtd] and verify that it's building the new
+    version as 'stable' and under its tag name.
  
- [rtd]: https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/higan/versions/
+ [rtd]: https://readthedocs.org/projects/higan/builds/