diff --git a/maint/README-release b/maint/README-release
index e63a4324..14374906 100644
--- a/maint/README-release
+++ b/maint/README-release
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-* prepare NEWS for release
-* update version in configure.ac
 * check spelling using codespell tool
-* regenerate Linux-PAM.pot and *.po using "make -C po update-po"
+* update version in meson.build, po/meson.build, po/Linux-PAM.pot, and
+  libpam/include/security/_pam_types.h
+* regenerate Linux-PAM.pot and *.po using "meson compile Linux-PAM-update-po"
+* prepare NEWS for release
 * create a release tag using maint/gen-tag-message
 * generate release tarballs using maint/make-dist
 * generate detached signatures for release tarballs using gpg -ab
 * push the release commit and the release tag
-* upload release tarballs and their signatures to the release announcement
+* upload the release tarball and its signature to the release announcement