diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         - 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.
+    - (major releases) Update `src/chainparams.cpp` chainTxData with statistics about the transaction count and rate.
     - Regenerate manpages (run `contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh`, or for out-of-tree builds run
       `BUILDDIR=$PWD/build contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh`).
     - Update seeds as per [contrib/seeds/README.md](/contrib/seeds/README.md)