diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     - Testnet should be set some tens of thousands back from the tip due to reorgs there.
     - This update should be reviewed with a reindex-chainstate with assumevalid=0 to catch any defect
       that causes rejection of blocks in the past history.
+    - Regenerate manpages (run contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh).
 
 4. Increment version number in:
     - doc/Doxyfile