diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8bccad4..802bcd1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,3 +42,22 @@ setup(name='boltons',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy', ]
       )
+
+"""
+A brief checklist for release:
+
+* tox
+* git commit (if applicable)
+* Bump setup.py version off of -dev
+* git commit -a -m "bump version for x.y.z release"
+* python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel upload
+* bump docs/conf.py version
+* git commit
+* git tag -a x.y.z -m "brief summary"
+* write CHANGELOG
+* git commit
+* bump setup.py version onto n+1 dev
+* git commit
+* git push
+
+"""