diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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-name: Release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "*.*"
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup Python 3.10
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-          architecture: "x64"
-
-      - name: Install flit
-        run: pip install flit
-
-      - name: Build
-        run: flit build
-
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
-        env:
-          FLIT_USERNAME: __token__
-          FLIT_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          flit publish
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-## To release
-
-1. Update the version in `pyproject.toml`; commit
-2. Tag the commit with the same version: `git tag -s 0.2`
-3. Push the commit and tag: `git push --tags origin main`
-4. Update the version in `pyproject.toml` to the next development
-   version; push
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+# Release process for `lazy_loader`
+
+## Introduction
+
+Example `version`
+
+- 1.8.dev0 \# development version of 1.8 (release candidate 1)
+- 1.8rc1 \# 1.8 release candidate 1
+- 1.8rc2.dev0 \# development version of 1.8 (release candidate 2)
+- 1.8 \# 1.8 release
+- 1.9.dev0 \# development version of 1.9 (release candidate 1)
+
+## Process
+
+- Update and review `CHANGELOG.md`:
+
+      gem install github_changelog_generator
+      github_changelog_generator -u scientific-python -p lazy_loader --since-tag=<last tag>
+
+- Update `version` in `pyproject.toml`.
+
+- Commit changes:
+
+      git add pyproject.toml CHANGELOG.md
+      git commit -m 'Designate <version> release'
+
+- Add the version number (e.g., [v1.2.0]{.title-ref}) as a tag in git:
+
+      git tag -s [-u <key-id>] v<version> -m 'signed <version> tag'
+
+  If you do not have a gpg key, use -u instead; it is important for
+  Debian packaging that the tags are annotated
+
+- Push the new meta-data to github:
+
+      git push --tags origin main
+
+  where `origin` is the name of the `github.com:scientific-python/lazy_loader`
+  repository
+
+- Review the github release page:
+
+      https://github.com/scientific-python/lazy_loader/releases
+
+- Publish on PyPi:
+
+      git clean -fxd
+      pip install flit
+      flit build
+      flit publish
+
+- Update `version` in `pyproject.toml`.
+
+- Commit changes:
+
+      git add pyproject.toml
+      git commit -m 'Bump version'
+      git push origin main