diff --git a/docs/release-engineering.md b/docs/release-engineering.md
index 43c71b85d..e9f542089 100644
--- a/docs/release-engineering.md
+++ b/docs/release-engineering.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Review the git log using this command:
 
     git log v0.2.2...v0.1.5
 
+(Don't create the release yet!)
+
 Create the binaries and attach them to the release:
 
     go run build/build.go