diff --git a/RELEASING.adoc b/RELEASING.adoc
index e75a2c7f91..ddd45b1259 100644
--- a/RELEASING.adoc
+++ b/RELEASING.adoc
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ in its summary tab
 Note: You can upload to the test PyPi by adding
 `--repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/` to the twine command.
 
+. Add the previous release notes to the `prior_release_notes.adoc` and submit the changes.
+
 . Generate the version-specific documentation from that branch following these
   link:https://github.com/apache/kudu/#updating-the-kudu-web-site-documentation[instructions].