diff --git a/pixman/ChangeLog b/pixman/ChangeLog
index 59a6e49da..94cbf2016 100644
--- a/pixman/ChangeLog
+++ b/pixman/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2004-10-27  Carl Worth  <cworth@cworth.org>
 
+	* RELEASING: Put the tag command back which was accidentally
+	removed from the instructions.
+
 	* NEWS: Update date since 0.1.2 release didn't get pushed out
 	until today.
 
diff --git a/pixman/RELEASING b/pixman/RELEASING
index a45ad48ca..22667b3ac 100644
--- a/pixman/RELEASING
+++ b/pixman/RELEASING
@@ -59,5 +59,9 @@ fixes are committed. Here are the steps to follow:
 	* Place local copies of both files in the releases directory
 	* Provide some text for the release announcement
 
-7) Send a message to cairo-announce@cairographics.org to announce the
+7) Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form SNAPSHOT_X_Y_Z:
+
+	cvs tag SNAPSHOT_X_Y_Z
+
+8) Send a message to cairo-announce@cairographics.org to announce the
    new snapshot using the text provided by the previous step.