diff --git a/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/release-guide.md b/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/release-guide.md
index da54d1c50e37..7bca90daefd3 100644
--- a/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/release-guide.md
+++ b/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/release-guide.md
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ You don't need to wait for the action to complete to start running the script.
 * **The script will:**
   1. Clone the repo at the selected RC tag.
   1. Run gradle publish to push java artifacts into Maven staging repo.
+  1. Stage SDK docker images to [docker hub Apache organization](https://hub.docker.com/search?q=apache%2Fbeam&type=image).
 
 #### Tasks you need to do manually
 
@@ -548,8 +549,10 @@ You don't need to wait for the action to complete to start running the script.
 * **The script will:**
   1. Clone the repo at the selected RC tag.
   1. Stage source release into dist.apache.org dev [repo](https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/beam/).
+Skip this step if you already did it with the build_release_candidate GitHub Actions workflow.
   1. Stage, sign and hash python source distribution and wheels into dist.apache.org dev repo python dir
   1. Stage SDK docker images to [docker hub Apache organization](https://hub.docker.com/search?q=apache%2Fbeam&type=image).
+Skip this step if you already did it with the build_release_candidate GitHub Actions workflow.
 Note: if you are not a member of the [`beam` DockerHub team](https://hub.docker.com/orgs/apache/teams/beam) you will need
 help with this step. Please email `dev@` and ask a member of the `beam` DockerHub team for help.
   1. Create a PR to update beam-site, changes includes: