diff --git a/Documentation/release-schedule.txt b/Documentation/release-schedule.txt
index 8f5b3ad57..728de4d4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/release-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/release-schedule.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ are restricted.  Usually there are two release candidates.
 The period between a release and the next release candidate can be considered
 as the merge window.
 
+The release tarball is generated by "make distcheck" command.
+
 Release criteria
 ----------------