diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index db6450ec14..f30d170748 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-09-08  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* docs/random/release:
+	  Really make sure translations are up-to-date before
+	  a release (#465010).
+
 2007-09-07  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
 
 	* gst/gstregistrybinary.c: (gst_registry_binary_read_cache):
diff --git a/docs/random/release b/docs/random/release
index 737c4b74f4..3776f3f5f7 100644
--- a/docs/random/release
+++ b/docs/random/release
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ TODO :
     the output in the release notes
     bin/bugzilla gstreamer 0.7.5 >> src/htdocs/releases/gstreamer/0.7.5.xml
     then edit it
-  - verify all new translations are in and po files are updated
+  - verify all new translations are in and po files are updated:
+    run 'make download-po' to make sure translations in CVS are up-to-date,
+    and then 'make update' in po/ (which will update the .pot template too and
+    merge the changes into the .po files)
   - run win32-update from toplevel to copy new versions and enum files
   - copy  www/htdocs/releases/$(module)/$(version) to RELEASE
   - copy the list of changes, bugs fixed, and API changes and add them to NEWS