diff --git a/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES b/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
index 1b44829a9efccaa85ef6c161e8a81ea028d4d53c..149e67f4bcea694d77da7ca5294e4895b83d4a18 100644
--- a/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
+++ b/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	document all new features
 	update help output from inside the programs
 	doc/src/sgml/ref manual pages
+	convert any literal "<" and ">" characters
 
 * Ports
 	update config.guess and config.sub at the start of beta