From fe807db35e6efbfb1df359dec162891df1e56f81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 08:14:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: build steps need to make a release-prep branch sooner

---
 howto.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt
index 105547e86..b0d58c625 100644
--- a/howto.txt
+++ b/howto.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 * Release checklist
 
 - Check that the current virtualenv matches the current coverage branch.
+- start branch for release work
 - Version number in coverage/version.py
         version_info = (4, 0, 2, "alpha", 1)
         version_info = (4, 0, 2, "beta", 1)
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
         $ make sample_html
         check in the new sample html
 - Done with changes to source files
-    - check them in on a branch
+    - check them in on the release prep branch
     - wait for ci to finish
     - merge to master
     - git push