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diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
index 86e8fe1804..e2c7cc56bb 100644
--- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
+++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
@@ -577,6 +577,15 @@ Push all your recent commits:
$ git push origin ....
+
+=item *
+
+I<You MUST SKIP this step for SNAPSHOT>
+
+Tag the release:
+
+ $ git tag v5.11.0 -m'First release of the v5.11 series!'
+
=item *
Create a tarball. Use the C<-s> option to specify a suitable suffix for
@@ -596,6 +605,7 @@ the MANIFEST files into it, sets the correct permissions on them,
adds DOS line endings to some, then tars it up as
F<../perl-x.y.z-RC1.tar.gz>. With C<-b>, it also creates a C<tar.bz2> file.
+
XXX if we go for extra tags and branches stuff, then add the extra details
here