From 77cad3c436439355948548ce785e39d44ac2ae8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:13:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update release procedure [ci skip]

---
 HOWTORELEASE.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/HOWTORELEASE.rst b/HOWTORELEASE.rst
index 3d2d6a7691d..435edb55046 100644
--- a/HOWTORELEASE.rst
+++ b/HOWTORELEASE.rst
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ taking a lot of time to make a new one.
 
 #. After all tests pass and the PR has been approved, publish to PyPI by pushing the tag::
 
+     git tag <VERSION>
      git push git@github.com:pytest-dev/pytest.git <VERSION>
 
    Wait for the deploy to complete, then make sure it is `available on PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/pytest>`_.
 
+#. Merge the PR into ``master``.
+
 #. Send an email announcement with the contents from::
 
      doc/en/announce/release-<VERSION>.rst