diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 6439d3053..30d82bf0b 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 - If you don't have a `transifex.auth` file in the root of your iD checkout,
 you'll need to create a Transifex account, ask @bhousel for admin rights
 on the iD project, and then create this file with contents like<br><pre>
-     {"user": "yourusername", "password": "*******"}</pre>
+     {"user": "yourusername", "password": "*******"}</pre>This file is not version-controlled and will not be checked in.
+     
+### Update `iD`
 
-### Update master branch
+#### Update `master` branch
 ```bash
 $  git checkout master
 $  rm -rf node_modules/editor-layer-index/
@@ -21,13 +23,17 @@ $  npm run all
 $  git add . && git commit -m 'npm run imagery'
 $  npm run translations
 $  git add . && git commit -m 'npm run translations'
-$  Update `CHANGELOG.md`
-$  Update version number in `modules/core/context.js`, `package.json`
+```
+
+- Update `CHANGELOG.md`
+- Update version number in `modules/core/context.js`, `package.json`
+
+```bash
 $  git add . && git commit -m 'vA.B.C'
 $  git push origin master
 ```
 
-### Update and tag release branch
+#### Update and tag `release` branch
 ```bash
 $  git checkout release
 $  git reset --hard master
@@ -36,27 +42,34 @@ $  git add -f dist/*.css dist/*.js dist/img/*.svg dist/mapillary-js/ dist/pannel
 $  git commit -m 'Check in build'
 $  git tag vA.B.C
 $  git push origin -f release vA.B.C
-   Open https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/tags
-   Click "Add Release Notes" and link to the CHANGELOG
 ```
+- Open https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/tags
+- Click `•••` –> `Create Release` and link to `CHANGELOG.md` in `Describe this release`
 
-### Update openstreetmap-website
+### Update `openstreetmap-website`
 
-#### Setup remotes (one time only)
+#### Setup remotes (first time only)
 ```bash
 $  git remote add osmlab git@github.com:osmlab/openstreetmap-website.git
 $  git remote add upstream git@github.com:openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website.git
 ```
 
-#### Sync master and update iD (every time)
+#### Sync master branches
+
 ```bash
 $  git fetch --all
 $  git checkout master
 $  git reset --hard upstream/master
+$  git push origin master
+```
+
+#### Create and push branch with the new iD version
+
+```bash
 $  git checkout -b iD-A.B.C
 $  bundle install
 $  rm -rf vendor/assets/iD/* && vendorer
 $  git add . && git commit -m 'Update to iD vA.B.C'
 $  git push osmlab
-   Open pull request
 ```
+- Open a pull request using the markdown text from the changelog as the description
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