diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d4fcf3..eb8fcd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ main-<puppet.major>
 
 `latest` should be self-explanatory. The `main` tags are built with every push to the main branch and can be regarded as development tags.
 
+### Version updates
+
+PDC will update its minor version to align with minor version updates of the tools it encapsulates. A major version update of any tool, the base container, or incompatible changes in the container build setup will trigger a major version update of PDC.
+
 ## Changelog
 
 see [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index dd76d89..31b3a65 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # How to make a release
 
-Initiate a Release Pull Request (PR). Ensure that the release branch includes the version in its name, as this will be utilized as the 'future_version' for the GitHub changelog generator.
+## On a fork
+
+Initiate a Release Pull Request (PR). Ensure that the release branch includes the version in its name, as this will be utilized as the `future_version` for the GitHub changelog generator.
 
 See Rakefile
 
@@ -8,12 +10,13 @@ See Rakefile
     config.future_release = `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`.strip.split('-', 2).last
 ```
 
-Create a Release PR:
+Do the following:
 
 ```shell
+export RELEASE_VERSION="X.Y.Z"
 git switch main
 git pull -r
-git switch -c release-vX.Y.Z
+git switch -c release-v$RELEASE_VERSION
 
 bundle config set --local path vendor/bundle
 bundle config set --local with 'release'
@@ -21,15 +24,15 @@ bundle install
 
 CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN="token_MC_tokenface" bundle exec rake changelog
 
-git commit -am 'Release vX.Y.Z'
-git push origin release-vX.Y.Z
+git commit -am "Release v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+git push origin release-v$RELEASE_VERSION
 ```
 
-After the merge do:
+## After the merge, as a maintainer on upstream
 
 ```shell
 git switch main
 git pull -r
-git tag vX.Y.Z
+git tag v$RELEASE_VERSION -m "v$RELEASE_VERSION"
 git push --tags
 ```