Tweak maintainer notes for release preparation

Jay Berkenbilt
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README-maintainer
@@ -202,8 +202,17 @@ RELEASE PREPARATION
     * qpdf/qpdf.cc
     `make_dist` verifies this consistency.
+  * Update release notes in manual. Look at diffs and ChangeLog.
+    Update release date in `manual/qpdf-manual.xml`. Remember to
+    ensure that the entities at the top of the document are consistent
+    with the release notes for both version and release date.
+
+  * Add a release entry to ChangeLog: "x.y.z: release"
+
   * Run ./autogen.sh
+  * Commit title: "Prepare x.y.z release"
+
 * Performance test is included with binary compatibility steps. Even
   if releasing a new major release and not doing binary compatibility
   testing, do performance testing.
@@ -236,13 +245,6 @@ rehash
 pip3 install .
 pytest -n auto
-* Update release notes in manual. Look at diffs and ChangeLog. Update
-  release date in `manual/qpdf-manual.xml`. Remember to ensure that
-  the entities at the top of the document are consistent with the
-  release notes for both version and release date.
-
-* Add a release entry to ChangeLog.
-
 CREATING A RELEASE