diff --git a/README-maintainer b/README-maintainer
index 7bcb9b0e..cf7e89cd 100644
--- a/README-maintainer
+++ b/README-maintainer
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ RELEASE PREPARATION
   * ./configure --enable-werror && make -j$(nproc) build_libqpdf
   * Checkout the last release
   * make -k check NO_REBUILD=1
+  * Check out the current version
   * make -j$(nproc)
   * ./performance_check | tee -a /tmp/perf