diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 77c866cd46b..3c0e5045734 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Released quarterly on the first day of January, April, July, October.
 * [ ] Open a release ticket e.g. https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/3154
 * [ ] Develop and prepare release in ``master`` branch.
 * [ ] Check [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/python-pillow/Pillow) and [AppVeyor CI](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/python-pillow/Pillow) to confirm passing tests in ``master`` branch.
-* [ ] Check that all of the wheel builds [Pillow Wheel Builder](https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow-wheels) pass the tests in TravisCI.
-* [ ] In compliance with https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/, update version identifier in `src/PIL/_version.py`
+* [ ] Check that all of the wheel builds [Pillow Wheel Builder](https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow-wheels) pass the tests in Travis CI.
+* [ ] In compliance with [PEP 440](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/), update version identifier in `src/PIL/_version.py`
 * [ ] Update `CHANGES.rst`.
 * [ ] Run pre-release check via `make release-test` in a freshly cloned repo.
 * [ ] Create branch and tag for release e.g.:
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Released quarterly on the first day of January, April, July, October.
 ```
 * [ ] Create [binary distributions](#binary-distributions)
 * [ ] Upload all binaries and source distributions e.g. ``twine upload dist/Pillow-5.2.0-*``
+* [ ] In compliance with [PEP 440](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/), append `.dev0` to version identifier in `src/PIL/_version.py`
 
 ## Point Release
 
@@ -33,11 +34,11 @@ Released as needed for security, installation or critical bug fixes.
 * [ ] Update `CHANGES.rst`.
 * [ ] Cherry pick individual commits from ``master`` branch to release branch e.g. ``5.2.x``.
 * [ ] Check [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/python-pillow/Pillow) to confirm passing tests in release branch e.g. ``5.2.x``.
-* [ ] Checkout release branch e.g.:
+* [ ] Check out release branch e.g.:
 ```
     git checkout -t remotes/origin/5.2.x
 ```
-* [ ] In compliance with https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/, update version identifier in `src/PIL/_version.py`
+* [ ] In compliance with [PEP 440](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/), update version identifier in `src/PIL/_version.py`
 * [ ] Run pre-release check via `make release-test`.
 * [ ] Create tag for release e.g.:
 ```
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ Released as needed privately to individual vendors for critical security-related
 ### Mac and Linux
 * [ ] Use the [Pillow Wheel Builder](https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow-wheels):
 ```
-    $ git checkout https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow-wheels
+    $ git clone https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow-wheels
     $ cd pillow-wheels
     $ git submodule init
     $ git submodule update