From cd7c8709aa4dab877a377d2554fb5e0db2311402 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 09:45:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak release instructions

---
 README-maintainer | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README-maintainer b/README-maintainer
index 166b1744..e930e38c 100644
--- a/README-maintainer
+++ b/README-maintainer
@@ -340,11 +340,12 @@ RELEASE PREPARATION
     `make_dist` verifies this consistency.
 
 * Update release notes in manual. Look at diffs and ChangeLog.
-  Update release date in `manual/release-notes.rst`.
+  Update release date in `manual/release-notes.rst`. Change "not yet
+  released" to an actual date for the release.
 
 * Add a release entry to ChangeLog: "x.y.z: release"
 
-* Commit title: "Prepare x.y.z release"
+* Commit changes with title "Prepare x.y.z release"
 
 * Performance test is included with binary compatibility steps. Even
   if releasing a new major release and not doing binary compatibility