diff --git a/third_party/docfx-doclet-143274/README.md b/third_party/docfx-doclet-143274/README.md
index f1c9131a..4e16434a 100644
--- a/third_party/docfx-doclet-143274/README.md
+++ b/third_party/docfx-doclet-143274/README.md
@@ -31,16 +31,18 @@ mvn fmt:format
 
 To cut a new release of the doclet for updated Cloud RAD content, do the following steps:
 
-1) Manually update the [version of the doclet in the pom.xml](https://github.com/googleapis/java-docfx-doclet/blob/main/third_party/docfx-doclet-143274/pom.xml#L9) to the next minor or patch version.
-2) Commit that version update to the `main` branch, and then add a git tag to that version (minus the `-SNAPSHOT`). You can use the below commands as a template:
+1) Manually update the [version of the doclet in the pom.xml](https://github.com/googleapis/java-docfx-doclet/blob/main/third_party/docfx-doclet-143274/pom.xml#L9) to the next minor or patch version with the "-SNAPSHOT" postfix.  
+e.g. Update `1.17.0-SNAPSHOT` to `1.18.0-SNAPSHOT`
+2) Commit and merge the pom.xml update to the `main` branch.
+3) Add a git tag to that commit (minus the `-SNAPSHOT` of the previous version). You can use the below commands as a template:
 
-` git tag -a v1.<minor>.<patch> -m "<What the new release includes>"`
+`git tag -a v1.<minor>.<patch> <SHA of commit> -m "chore: release v1.<minor>.<patch>"`
 
 `git push origin v1.<minor>.<patch>`
 
 3) Update the `publish_javadoc17.sh` script within g3 to use the latest version of the doclet.
 
-## Usage 
+## Usage
 
 ### With `maven-javadoc-plugin`