diff --git a/auth/docs/release.md b/auth/docs/release.md
index 400ea6c2a..7ec7a7582 100644
--- a/auth/docs/release.md
+++ b/auth/docs/release.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Create a PR to bump up the version number in `pubspec.yaml`.
 
-Once that is merged, tag main and push the tag. This'll trigger a GitHub
-workflow that:
+Once that is merged, tag main (using the `auth-v1.2.3` format), and push the
+tag. This'll trigger a GitHub workflow that:
 
 * Creates a new draft GitHub release and attaches all the build artifacts to it
   (mobile APKs and various desktop packages),
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ go out). For more details, see the comments on top of the [auth-release
 workflow](.github/workflows/auth-release.yml).
 
 Once the workflow completes, go to the draft GitHub release it that was created.
-Use the "Generate release notes", providing it the suitable tag if needed. The
-release notes generated by default will contain all PRs and new contributors
-from all the releases in the monorepo, so you'll need to filter them to keep
-only the things that relate to auth.
+Use the "Generate release notes" button after setting the "Previous tag" for the
+last release of auth. The generated release note will contain all PRs and new
+contributors from all the releases in the monorepo, so you'll need to filter
+them to keep only the things that relate to auth.