diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 591c2770..1fa1e192 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -52,58 +52,3 @@ python -m flake8 tqdm/_tqdm.py
 ```
 
 If all the tests pass, then everything's good, you can submit a Pull Request.
-
-
-SEMANTIC VERSIONING
----------------------------------- 
-
-The tqdm repository managers should regularly bump the version number in 
-the VERSION file to follow the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) 
-convention. 
-
-Tools can be used to automate this process, such as 
-[bumpversion](https://github.com/peritus/bumpversion) or 
-[python-semanticversion](https://github.com/rbarrois/python-semanticvers 
-ion/) to automate this task. 
-
-The managers should take care of this instead of users to avoid PR 
-conflicts solely due to the VERSION file bumping. 
-
-
-BUILDING A RELEASE AND UPLOADING TO PYPI
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-First, we need to check the setup.py and MANIFEST.in files, which define 
-the packaging process and the infos that will be uploaded to pypi. 
-
-You can check the result easily by using the following commands: 
-
-```
-python setup.py develop --uninstall
-python setup.py develop
-``` 
-
-Secondly, we need to build tqdm into a distributable python package: 
-
-```
-python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip bdist_wininst --plat-name=win32
-python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --plat-name=win32
-``` 
-
-This will generate several builds in the dist/ folder. 
-
-Finally, we can upload everything to pypi. Uploading to pypi can be done 
-easily using the [twine](https://github.com/pypa/twine) module: 
-
-```
-twine upload dist/*
-```
-
-NOTE: you can also test on the pypi test servers `testpypi.python.org/pypi`
-before the real deployment. Note also that in case of a mistake, you can delete
-an uploaded release on pypi, but you cannot re-upload another with the same
-version number!
-
-Also, the new release can be added to the Github by creating a new release from
-the web interface.
-
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2bef253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+HOW TO MANAGE A NEW RELEASE
+=============================
+
+This file is intended to the project's maintainers and it describes
+how to update, build and upload a new release.
+
+SEMANTIC VERSIONING
+---------------------------------- 
+
+The tqdm repository managers should regularly bump the version number in 
+the VERSION file to follow the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) 
+convention. 
+
+Tools can be used to automate this process, such as 
+[bumpversion](https://github.com/peritus/bumpversion) or 
+[python-semanticversion](https://github.com/rbarrois/python-semanticvers 
+ion/) to automate this task. 
+
+The managers should take care of this instead of users to avoid PR 
+conflicts solely due to the VERSION file bumping. 
+
+
+BUILDING A RELEASE AND UPLOADING TO PYPI
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+First, we need to check the setup.py and MANIFEST.in files, which define 
+the packaging process and the infos that will be uploaded to pypi. 
+
+You can check the result easily by using the following commands: 
+
+```
+python setup.py develop --uninstall
+python setup.py develop
+``` 
+
+Secondly, we need to build tqdm into a distributable python package: 
+
+```
+python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip bdist_wininst --plat-name=win32
+python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --plat-name=win32
+``` 
+
+This will generate several builds in the dist/ folder. 
+
+Finally, we can upload everything to pypi. Uploading to pypi can be done 
+easily using the [twine](https://github.com/pypa/twine) module: 
+
+```
+twine upload dist/*
+```
+
+NOTE: you can also test on the pypi test servers `testpypi.python.org/pypi`
+before the real deployment. Note also that in case of a mistake, you can delete
+an uploaded release on pypi, but you cannot re-upload another with the same
+version number!
+
+Also, the new release can be added to the Github by creating a new release from
+the web interface.
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