diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 01741c24..2ace0efc 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -5,33 +5,51 @@ branch. Minor versions (e.g., v4.5.3) are tagged on a separate release
 branch.
 
 1. Update `CHANGELOG.md`.
+
    - Identify the release date by changing "unreleased" to a date with
      `%Y-%m-%d` format, following existing convention in the log.
-   - Do any final clean-up. (e.g., removing redundancy, adding issue
-     or PR numbers).
+
+   - Do any final clean-up. (e.g., remove redundancy, add issue
+     or PR numbers, add missing changes)
+     
+         git log --graph --oneline --decorate origin/main origin/v4.5.x
+
 2. Update `userdocs` references that imply the latest release to refer
    to the new version.
    - `contents/installation.rst`
    - `contributing/development-environment-vagrant.rst`
    - `quickstart/debian12.rst`
    - `quickstart/el.rst`
+
 3. Cherry-pick updates from 1 and 2 above to a release branch if necessary.
    (i.e., when not doing a new major release)
+   
+       git cherry-pick -x -m1 --signoff
+   
 4. Create a signed tag for the release of the format v4.MINOR.PATCH,
-   following the format specified in <MAINTAINING.md>. (e.g., `git tag
-   --sign v4.5.3; git push origin v4.5.3`)
+   following the format specified in <MAINTAINING.md>.
+   
+       git tag --sign v4.5.3; git push origin v4.5.3
+
 5. Monitor the release action associated with the pushed tag at
    https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf/actions, and verify the
    generated draft release contains the expected artifacts. This
    includes the source tarball and RPMs for Suse and Rocky Linux.
+
 6. Update the release notes for the release, summarizing and expanding
    on the relevant contents from <CHANGELOG.md>.
+
 7. Confirm the correct values for the pre-release and latest release
    flags.
+
 8. Publish the release.
-9. Announce the release as a [post][1] to warewulf.org/news, linking
+
+9. Announce the release as a [post][1] to [warewulf.org/news][2], linking
    to the GitHub release.
+
 10. Announce the release on the Warewulf Slack, linking to the
-    warewulf.org/news post.
+    [warewulf.org/news][2] post.
 
 [1]: https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf.org/tree/main/src/posts
+
+[2]: https://warewulf.org/news