From aa4caf810e3f972ec897fa6225cbcd993671e1d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 19:48:34 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] doc: make the NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE revert clear

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/49114
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <yagiz@nizipli.com>
Reviewed-By: Chemi Atlow <chemi@atlow.co.il>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
---
 doc/contributing/releases.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/contributing/releases.md b/doc/contributing/releases.md
index 00fd536c2a0a50..27907bdaeb7492 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/releases.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/releases.md
@@ -813,7 +813,9 @@ git commit --amend
 </details>
 
 Even if there are no conflicts, ensure that you revert all the changes that were
-made to `src/node_version.h`.
+made to `src/node_version.h`. `NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` must be `0`.
+
+<sup>Edit `src/node_version.h`, revert `NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` back to `0`, and `git commit --amend`</sup>
 
 If there are conflicts in `doc` due to updated `REPLACEME`
 placeholders (that happens when a change previously landed on another release