diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md
index 87d2be84a..77233221c 100644
--- a/doc/developer-notes.md
+++ b/doc/developer-notes.md
@@ -45,12 +45,7 @@ The jq manual can be found here: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/
 
 # Making a new release of Hush
 
-  * Update version in configure.ac and src/clientversion.h
-  * Run ./contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh, commit + push results
-  * Update checkpoints
-  * Update protocol version in src/version.h if necessary
-  * Make Gitea release
-  * Make Git Tag (Gitea can do this)
+See doc/release-process.md for details.
 
 
 # Testing a Branch
diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index 6c4977fd1..e781cc75b 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ Install deps on Linux:
 
 ## Release process
 
+ - Update version in configure.ac and src/clientversion.h
+ - Update checkpoints
+ - Run ./contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh, commit + push results
  - Update checkpoints
  - Update man pages
  - Update copyright years (if applicable) with replace.pl 
  - Do a fresh clone and fresh sync with new checkpoints
  - Stop node, wait 20 minutes, and then do a partial sync with new checkpoints
+ - Make Gitea release
+ - Make Git Tag (Gitea can do this)