diff --git a/docs/maintainer-guide.txt b/docs/maintainer-guide.txt
index fac11311f7..33bcf85877 100644
--- a/docs/maintainer-guide.txt
+++ b/docs/maintainer-guide.txt
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ MAINTAINER SANDBOX (to be completed and pushed)
    make -j 8 spellcheck && \
    make -j 8 distcheck
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-* create a GPG-signed tag v<incremented version> (ex: v2.8.0):
+* create an annotated GPG-signed tag v<incremented version> (ex: `v2.8.0`):
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-:; git tag -sm 'Release NUT v2.8.0' v2.8.0
+:; git tag -asm 'Release NUT v2.8.0' v2.8.0
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 ** in case of second thoughts, `git tag -d v2.8.0` and retry later
 ** try to avoid adding signed tags later (ex. v2.8.0-signed) to avoid the