diff --git a/docs/development/contributing.rst b/docs/development/contributing.rst
index eac94799..4adde637 100644
--- a/docs/development/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/development/contributing.rst
@@ -151,20 +151,25 @@ Then, to generate docs::
 Creating releases
 =================
 
-1. Update changelog and commit it.
+#. Update changelog and commit it.
 
-2. Tag release::
+#. Merge the release branch (``develop`` in the example) into master::
 
-    git tag -a -m "Release v0.1.0a0" v0.1.0a0
+    git checkout master
+    git merge --no-ff -m "Release v0.2.0" develop
 
-3. Push to GitHub::
+#. Tag the release::
+
+    git tag -a -m "Release v0.2.0" v0.2.0
+
+#. Push to GitHub::
 
     git push
     git push --tags
 
-4. Build package and upload to PyPI::
+#. Build package and upload to PyPI::
 
     rm MANIFEST                         # Will be regenerated by setup.py
     python setup.py sdist upload
 
-5. Spread the word.
+#. Spread the word.