diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-minor-version.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-minor-version.xml
index cbb6910320..1119093250 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-minor-version.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-minor-version.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@
 	</tbody>
       </tgroup>
     </informaltable>
+
+    <para>In the <literal>doc</literal> repository, also update
+      <filename>head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/<replaceable>12.0</replaceable>R/Makefile.hardware</filename>,
+      switching the value of <varname>_BRANCH</varname> to
+      <literal>BETA<replaceable>X</replaceable></literal>,
+      <literal>RC<replaceable>X</replaceable></literal>, or
+      <literal>RELEASE</literal>, respectively.</para>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 xml:id="releng-stable-builds-beta">