diff --git a/README.maintainer b/README.maintainer
index 450331b9..2f79e9d2 100644
--- a/README.maintainer
+++ b/README.maintainer
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 Release Reminders
 =================
 
- * To create a source release, do an export from the version control
-   system to a directory called qpdf-version.  From the parent of that
-   directory, run make_dist with the directory as an argument.  For
-   internally testing releases, you can run make_dist with the
-   --no-tests option.
+ * Increment shared library version information as needed
 
- * Remember to increment shared library version information as needed
+ * Add a release entry to ChangeLog
 
  * Make sure version numbers are consistent in the following
    locations:
@@ -31,6 +27,12 @@ Release Reminders
     make build_manual
     make distclean
 
+ * To create a source release, do an export from the version control
+   system to a directory called qpdf-version.  From the parent of that
+   directory, run make_dist with the directory as an argument.  For
+   internally testing releases, you can run make_dist with the
+   --no-tests option.
+
  * Remember to update documentation in the "files" subdirectory of the
    website on sourceforge.net.