diff --git a/RELEASE_CHECKLIST b/RELEASE_CHECKLIST
index bdb506c6bc5..1f7d39eb9c2 100644
--- a/RELEASE_CHECKLIST
+++ b/RELEASE_CHECKLIST
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
 - build debs for amd64, i386
 - email ml + post news entry
 
+- upload release tarball
+
 - make matching commit, tag for ceph-client.git
 
 - pull into -standalone.git
-- update -standalone.git debian/changelog to match
\ No newline at end of file
+- update -standalone.git debian/changelog to match
+- upload backport tarball
+- update debian changelog (will get clobbered.. bleh)
+- build backport .deb