diff --git a/doc/release.txt b/doc/release.txt
index d55e81d66a21460f292276e698d240fbff666a8d..8fe74d1856954de5c7874d4c0c08fdcdda9cd68e 100644
--- a/doc/release.txt
+++ b/doc/release.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Source release:
 - Update OP_LT_* API versioning in configure.ac.
 - Check for uncommitted changes to master.
 - Tag the release commit with 'git tag -s vN.M'.
- - Include release notes in the tag annotation.
+  - Include release notes in the tag annotation.
 - Verify 'make distcheck' produces a tarball with
   the desired name.
 - Push tag to public repo.