diff --git a/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES b/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
index fa304eb5ea..c19761a36c 100644
--- a/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
+++ b/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ Creating Back-Branch Release Notes
 
 * Copy the SGML for each branch into release.sgml in CVS HEAD
 
-* Copy CVS HEAD release.sgml to each branch and trim off the top
-  part that doesn't apply for each branch
+* Use src/tools/major_release_split to create a release.sgml for
+  each branch and copy them to the branch's CVS
 
 
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