diff --git a/doc/making-a-release b/doc/making-a-release
index 5d553874e3..70618016ce 100644
--- a/doc/making-a-release
+++ b/doc/making-a-release
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Windows builds (enrico?).
 Create a signed tag for the release in Git with 'git tag -s <version>'.
 
 Website: update Latest Version (https://www.geany.org/admin/latest_version/latestversion/)
-and add a News item.
+and add a News item.  Release notes and front page version will update
+automatically when the cache gets cleaned.
 
 Announce on geany, devel, i18n mailing lists (check you're subscribed).
 Put a news item on SourceForge (https://sourceforge.net/p/geany/news/)