diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_checklist.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_checklist.md
index b71d767b7b4..d9c9b2de597 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_checklist.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_checklist.md
@@ -15,21 +15,16 @@ assignees: ''
 - [ ] Update Changelog
 
 **Release**:
-- [ ] Make a tag and push it to Github
-```
-git tag vX.Y.Z
-git push --tags
-```
-- [ ] Go to [GitHub Release](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/releases) and make a release
+- [ ] Go to [GitHub Release](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/releases) and make a release, this will automatically create a tag too
 - [ ] Manually upload the pygmt-vX.Y.Z.zip file to https://zenodo.org/deposit, make sure you file it under the correct reserved DOI
-- [ ] Announce the releases on the GMT [forum](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/c/news/), [website](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/website) (News) and [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/project/PyGMT-A-Python-interface-for-the-Generic-Mapping-Tools)
 
 **After release**:
-- [ ] Create branch 0.x for bug-fixes if this is a minor release (i.e. create branch 0.1 after 0.1.0 is released)
-- [ ] Commit changes to Github
-
-**3rd party update**:
 - [ ] Update conda-forge [pygmt-feedstock](https://github.com/conda-forge/pygmt-feedstock) [Usually done automatically by conda-forge's bot]
+- [ ] Bump PyGMT version on https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/try-gmt
+- [ ] Announce the release on:
+  - [ ] GMT [forum](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/c/news/)
+  - [ ] [Major/Minor releases only] GMT [website](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/website) (News)
+  - [ ] [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/project/PyGMT-A-Python-interface-for-the-Generic-Mapping-Tools)
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/MAINTENANCE.md b/MAINTENANCE.md
index 8b60d894e42..bdeae96f04b 100644
--- a/MAINTENANCE.md
+++ b/MAINTENANCE.md
@@ -154,17 +154,13 @@ Open `index.html` and check for any flaws or error messages.
 
 ### Pushing to PyPI and updating the documentation
 
-After the changelog is updated, making a release should be as simple as creating a new
-git tag and pushing it to Github:
+After the changelog is updated, making a release can be done by going to
+https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/releases, editing the draft release,
+and clicking on publish. A git tag will also be created, make sure that this
+tag is a proper version number (following [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/))
+with a leading `v`. E.g. `v0.2.1`.
 
-```bash
-git tag v0.2.0
-git push --tags
-```
-
-The tag should be version number (following [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/))
-with a leading `v`.
-This should trigger Travis to do all the work for us.
+Once the release/tag is created, this should trigger Travis to do all the work for us.
 A new source distribution will be uploaded to PyPI, a new folder with the documentation
 HTML will be pushed to *gh-pages*, and the `latest` link will be updated to point to
 this new folder.