diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
index 3813a1dec91..62fbf6344a8 100644
--- a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
+++ b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
@@ -121,14 +121,31 @@ Approx time to complete from here: 2 hours ....
 
           ./src-release.sh -x binutils
 
+        FIXME: Not sure if the following steps are needed...
+	
+	Add a .dirstamp file to the gas/doc subdirectory:
+
+          touch -d <today's date> binutils-2.<release>/gas/doc/.dirstamp
+          tar rvf binutils-<release>.tar binutils-<release>/gas/doc/.ditstamp
+          rm binutils-<release>.tar.xz
+          xz -9 binutils-<release>.tar
+
+          eg:
+	    touch -d 2023-06-01 binutils-2.40.90/gas/doc/.dirstamp
+	    tar rvf binutils-2.40.90.tar binutils-2.40.90/gas/doc/.ditstamp
+            rm binutils-2.40.90.tar.xz
+            xz -9 binutils-2.40.90.tar
+	    
+	 ...END OF FIXME   
+
      c. Build a test target using this tarball.
 
-           cp binutils-2.39.90.tar.xz /dev/shm
+           cp binutils-2.40.90.tar.xz /dev/shm
 	   pushd /dev/shm
-	   tar xvf binutils-2.39.90.tar.xz
+	   tar xvf binutils-2.40.90.tar.xz
 	   mkdir build
 	   cd build
-	   ../binutils-2.39.90/configure --quiet --enable-gold
+	   ../binutils-2.40.90/configure --quiet --enable-gold
 	   make
 	   popd
 
@@ -136,8 +153,8 @@ Approx time to complete from here: 2 hours ....
 
      d. Upload the pre-release snapshot to the sourceware FTP site:
 
-          scp binutils-2.39.90.tar.xz sourceware.org:/var/ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots
-          ssh sourceware.org sha256sum ~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-2.39.90.tar.xz
+          scp binutils-2.40.90.tar.xz sourceware.org:/var/ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots
+          ssh sourceware.org sha256sum ~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-2.40.90.tar.xz
 
      e. Clean up the source directory again.