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@@ -213,6 +213,23 @@ maintainers.
`Porkbun `_
-- reach out to him directly for any changes).
+Creating a new release
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. note::
+
+ The following process assumes that you call the ``remote`` for the main repository for tox ``upstream``.
+
+ .. code:: shell
+
+ git remote add upstream git@github.com:tox-dev/tox.git
+
+In order to create a new release, a maintainer needs to run the following command::
+
+ tox r -e release --
+
+You need to replace ```` with an actual version number according to
+`Semantic Versioning `_.
.. _current-maintainers: