diff --git a/docs/src/releases.md b/docs/src/releases.md
index 51c45bd..cf32214 100644
--- a/docs/src/releases.md
+++ b/docs/src/releases.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ remotes and then run `./release (major|minor|patch)`. It will handle a
 git-flow-y release, meaning that it will perform a merge from `develop` to
 `master`, create a git tag, sync all remotes and run `cargo publish`.
 
-The release script will also run `just check` to make sure that nothing it
+Make sure to run `just check` before releasing to make sure that nothing is
 broken.
 
 As GRM is still `v0.x`, there is not much consideration for backwards
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies](./dependency_updates.md). As `./release.sh patch` is exposed as a
 Justfile target (`release-patch`), it's possible to do both in one step:
 
 ```bash
-$ just update-dependencies release-patch
+$ just update-dependencies check release-patch
 ```
 
 ## Release notes
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 9af64d3..17cc305 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ if ((changes == 0)); then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-just check
-
 sed -i "0,/^version/{s/^version.*$/version = \"${new_version}\"/}" Cargo.toml
 
 cargo update --package git-repo-manager --precise "${new_version}"