diff --git a/src/documentation/Release-Checklist.txt b/src/documentation/Release-Checklist.txt
index b6c6afdcf..b4ac075ca 100644
--- a/src/documentation/Release-Checklist.txt
+++ b/src/documentation/Release-Checklist.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,34 @@
 Release Checklist
 -----------------
 
-- build distributions
-- sign distributions
-- Generate announcements and HEADER.html
-- upload distributions to correct dir
-- tag CVS
+- ensure the changelog is up to date
+- tag SVN
+- build distributions as if it was the final release
+- update any filename dates from today's date, to the date that the
+   vote will end (typically 7 days time)
+- sign and checksum distributions as per
+    http://www.apache.org/dev/mirror-step-by-step.html
+- upload to your area of people.apache.org under /<version>-RC-<x>/
+   (eg 3.0.1-RC-2)
+- add a README.txt to the directory that states the files are a
+   release candidate pending a vote, despite their name being -FINAL
+- include the URL of this in the release vote (goes to dev, not user)
+   (eg http://people.apache.org/~nick/3.0.1-RC-2/)
+
+- wait for release vote to pass
+- send notification of vote passing to private@
+
+- move distributions from your area of people.apache.org to the 
+   distribution directories on www.apache.org/dist/
+- copy the new distributions to archive.apache.org
+- remove the old distributions from www.apache.org/dist/
+- wait for the distributions to appear on your favourite mirror
+
+- generate announcements
 - generate www pages and upload
-- bump release ID
-- send announcements to announcement@apache.org, announcements@xml.apache.org, announcements@jakarta.apache.org
+- bump release ID in build.xml
+- send announcements to user and dev lists
+- send announcements to announcement@apache.org, announcements@jakarta.apache.org
 - news to newsgroups: comp.lang.java.softwaretools
 - post stories on
   *) jakarta news page