diff --git a/PUBLISHING.md b/PUBLISHING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa8937b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PUBLISHING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+To publish to the Central Repository, first make sure that `~/.m2/settings.xml`
+has your SonaType credentials, then do:
+
+```
+$ mvn -pl runtime clean deploy -P release
+```
diff --git a/RELEASE-PROCESS.md b/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
index f5a28db..f077e0e 100644
--- a/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
+++ b/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 How to release
 ==============
 
-* Increment the version number in `project/build.scala`.
-* `sbt publishSigned`
-* Go to https://oss.sonatype.org/#stagingRepositories and follow
-  [these instructions](http://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html).
+* Make sure that `~/.m2/settings.xml` has your Sonatype credentials.
+* Increment the version number in the various pom.xml files.
+* `mvn -pl runtime clean deploy -P release`
 * The package should be available within ten minutes,
   but [it might take up to two hours](https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/OSSRH-13527?focusedCommentId=338745&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-338745) for it
   to become available at https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.capnproto%22