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@@ -17,18 +17,30 @@ Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md] for the juicy details.
 
 # Make A New Release
 
-It's easy. Just tag the current HEAD and run the Make target.
+Our production site is contained in the [dist folder]. You'll
+need to make sure you have the latest changes by running:
+
+```bash
+$ make proddist
+```
+
+If you see any unstaged changes, please verify them with someone and push them
+to the upstream master remote. Make sure the latest pipeline is passing and tag
+HEAD with:
 
 ```bash
 $ git tag -a 2.0.0 $(git rev-parse HEAD)
-$ git push upstream master
+$ git push upstream master --tags
+```
+
+Then make a release with:
+
+```bash
 $ make release
 ```
 
-This pushes your latest tag to the upstream remote and then
-takes the contents of the dist folder and pushes it to the
-production branch.
-
-Our production setup makes sure to serve this new content.
+This pushes the contents of the [dist folder] to the production
+branch which will get picked up by our production instance of
+the site.
 
 [dist folder]: https://gitlab.com/autonomic-cooperative/autonomic-cooperative.gitlab.io/tree/master/dist