diff --git a/createrelease b/createrelease
index 5b5d1fb7cc3..89f22b4854b 100755
--- a/createrelease
+++ b/createrelease
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@
 # Create release candidate
 # ========================
 #
+# Review trac roadmap, are tickets closed properly?
+# Only tickets that should be retargeted should be open.
+#
 # update cppcheck used in premium addon CI
+# create jira issue "CI: update cppcheck binary"
+# cd ~/cppchecksolutions/addon/tools && python3 ci-update-cppcheck.py
 #
-# check every isPremiumEnabled call:
+# check every isPremiumEnabled call: TODO write helper script
 # - every id should be in --errorlist
 #   git grep 'isPremiumEnabled[(]"' | sed 's/.*isPremiumEnabled[(]"//' | sed 's/".*//' | sort | uniq > ids1.txt
 #   ./cppcheck --errorlist | grep ' id="' | sed 's/.* id="//' | sed 's/".*//' | sort | uniq > ids2.txt
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@
 # Generate lib/checkers.cpp (TODO the premium checkers should not be statically coded)
 # cd ~/cppchecksolutions/cppcheck && python3 tools/get_checkers.py > lib/checkers.cpp
 #
-# Update copyright year
+# Update copyright year TODO release script
 # git diff 2.8 -- */*.cpp */*.h | grep '^diff --git a/' | sed 's|.* b/||' | xargs sed -i 's/Copyright (C) 2007-20[12]./Copyright (C) 2007-2022/'
 # git diff | grep '^diff --git a/'
 #
@@ -37,8 +42,8 @@
 # Update AUTHORS using output from:
 # git log --format='%aN' 2.7..HEAD | sort -u > AUTHORS2 && diff -y AUTHORS AUTHORS2 | less
 #
-# Create 2.8.x branch
-# git checkout -b 2.8.x ; git push -u origin 2.8.x
+# Create 2.18.x branch
+# git checkout -b 2.18.x ; git push -u origin 2.18.x
 #
 # Release notes:
 # - ensure safety critical issues are listed properly
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@
 #
 # Update the Makefile:
 # make dmake && ./dmake --release
-# git commit -a -m "2.8: Updated Makefile [ci skip]"
+# git commit -a -m "2.8: Updated Makefile"
 #
 # Ensure that CI is happy
 #
@@ -86,7 +91,8 @@
 # Update download link on index.php main page
 #
 # Trac:
-# 1. Create ticket "2.12 safety cosmetic changes"
+# 1. Create ticket "2.18 safety cosmetic changes"
+#    git log --format=oneline 2.17.0..HEAD | egrep -v "^[0-9a-f]*[ ][ ]*([Ff]ix|fixed|Fixup|Fixes|refs)?[ ]*#*[0-9]+"
 # 2. Check priorities for all tickets in milestone. Should be: safety-*
 # 3. Create new milestone
 # 4. Close old milestone