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 ## Releases
 
-- [ ] Create a pull request from the relevant release branch to `master`.
+- [ ] Create a pull request from the relevant release branch (with the format `release/urbit-os-vX.XX` to `master`.
 - [ ] ssh into `~zod` 
 - [ ] Check to ensure that nobody else is ssh'd into `~zod`, by running `screen -ls` and verifying no sessions are attached.
 - [ ] Attach to the screen session using `screen -x`