diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
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@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 - Create `dist` entry by running `npm run release`.
 - `git add dist/0.x.x`
 - Commit your changes.
-- Merge `release-v0.x.x` onto `develop`.
-- Merge `develop` onto `master`.
-- Tag the commit: `git tag -a -m "v0.x.x"`
+- Merge `release-v0.x.x` onto `master`.
+- Push `master`.
+- Tag the commit: `git tag -a -m "v0.x.x" v0.x.x`
 - Push the tag: `git push --tags`
 - `npm publish`
 - Generate documentation: `npm run gendoc` (this outputs HTML to `.jsdoc`)
 - Copy the documentation from `.jsdoc` to the `gh-pages` branch and update `index.html`
+- Merge `master` onto `develop`.
+- Push `develop`.