diff --git a/docs/howto_guides/How-To-Make-A-Release.md b/docs/howto_guides/How-To-Make-A-Release.md
index bb45c93b..d2cbda71 100644
--- a/docs/howto_guides/How-To-Make-A-Release.md
+++ b/docs/howto_guides/How-To-Make-A-Release.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ https://github.com/nasa/trick/releases
   * New OS/distro support
   * New dependency support (such as LLVM/GCC versions)
   * Major Documentation changes
-### Choose a version number and change the version numbers in the master branch
+### Choose a version number
 * Advance major version number if there are interface changes or other major build-breaking changes
 * Advance minor version number if there are major improvements or new features that are not build breaking
 * Advance patch/tiny version number for hotfixes or other bugfixes
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ https://github.com/nasa/trick/commit/a317c222748e706e89b7f344f6910d1f39824feb
   * `git tag -a <Version Number> -m "Trick Simulation Environment <Version Number>"` e.g. `git tag -a 25.0.0 -m "Trick Simulation Environment 25.0.0"`
   * `git push origin <tagname>`
 ### Change version numbers back to prerelease and push
-  * reverse the process of changing the version numbers, updating to the next minor prerelease version (or major version if planning a major release soon). 
+  * Reverse the process of changing the version numbers in the files listed above; update to the next minor prerelease version (or major version if planning a major release soon). 
   * Remember to add the -beta postfix to the version number
   * `git commit -m "update version numbers to prerelease X.Y.Z-beta"`
   * `git push origin master`