diff --git a/library-versions/README.mkd b/library-versions/README.mkd
index cdd58285f41165edba9a8396a30aa71360616af8..7d9035414d418044a7fdf86278dbc85c8ef05d32 100644
--- a/library-versions/README.mkd
+++ b/library-versions/README.mkd
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@ This utility is responsible for generating the library versions page at
    ```
    ./extract_versions.py 9.8.1-alpha3
    ```
-3. This will create a file in the `versions` directory, `versions/9.8.1-alpha3.json`. Commit this file to the repository.
-4. Run the Haskell `make-version-table` executable; `cabal run make-version-table`. This will emit HTML which can be pasted into the Wiki page.
\ No newline at end of file
+   This will create a file in the `versions` directory, `versions/9.8.1-alpha3.json`.
+3. Edit the file and replace the `"TODO"` in the `release_date` field with e.g. `"2023-09-26"`.
+4. Commit this file to the repository. All previous files are kept to enable
+   regenerating the entire table.
+5. Run the Haskell `make-version-table` executable; `cabal run make-version-table`. This will emit HTML which can be pasted into the Wiki page.