diff --git a/docs/RELEASE.md b/docs/RELEASE.md
index b9bf196ccb..a93c0c6418 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASE.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASE.md
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ layout: default
 1. Add all items to NEWS
 2. Update the contributors list in NEWS (`ninja -C build git-contrib`)
 3. Update the time and place in NEWS
-4. Update version and library numbers in `meson.build`
+4. [RC1] Update version and library numbers in `meson.build`
 5. Check dbus docs with `ninja -C build man/update-dbus-docs`
 6. Tag the release: `version=vXXX-rcY && git tag -s "${version}" -m "systemd ${version}"`
 7. Do `ninja -C build`
 8. Make sure that the version string and package string match: `build/systemctl --version`
 9. Upload the documentation: `ninja -C build doc-sync`
-10. [After final release] Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
+10. [FINAL] Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
 11. "Draft" a new release on github (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/new), mark "This is a pre-release" if appropriate.
 12. Check that announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS, was sent. This should happen automatically.
 13. Update IRC topic (`/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released`)
-14. [After final release] Also push commits to stable, create an empty -stable branch: `git push systemd-stable origin/master:master origin/master:refs/heads/${version}-stable`, and change the default branch to latest release (https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/settings/branches).
+14. [FINAL] Push commits to stable, create an empty -stable branch: `git push systemd-stable origin/master:master origin/master:refs/heads/${version}-stable`, and change the default branch to latest release (https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/settings/branches).