diff --git a/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc b/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc
index 22fc58516e8eaecdebb14c0f96960a57c25a3d15..e3d3f67237e54aa2776dac00e111eb78961d7c86 100644
--- a/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc
+++ b/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ what to do in case anything goes wrong:
     $ rake all:build
     $ git commit -am'updating RAILS_VERSION'
     $ git tag -m'tagging rc release' v3.0.10.rc1
+    $ git push
+    $ git push --tags
     $ for i in $(ls dist); do gem push $i; done
 
 === Send Rails release announcements