diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index fbbb3f1..9277e35 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: allcontributors
 Title: Acknowledge all Contributors to a Project
-Version: 0.2.2.007
+Version: 0.2.2.008
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Mark", "Padgham", , "mark.padgham@email.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Chris", "Hartgerink", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2908ca7..8d228f5 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # v0.2.2.00X (Current development version)
 
+## Major changes
+
+- Added a [GitHub workflow](https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors/blob/main/.github/workflows/allcontributors.yml) to automatically run `add_contributors()`
+
+## Minor changes
+
+- Updated documentation to described different ways of keeping allcontributors lists up-to-date (#15; thanks to @maelle)
+
 ---
 
 # v0.2.2
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 04d7453..5d4e96f 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -177,13 +177,49 @@ print (dat)
 ```
 
 
-## Updating Contributor Acknowledgements
+## Keeping your allcontributors Acknowledgements up-to-date
 
-"Contributors" sections of files will be automatically updated to reflect any new
-contributions by simply calling
+The "Contributors" sections of files can be updated at any time by calling
+calling
 [`add_contributors()`](https://docs.ropensci.org/allcontributors/reference/add_contributors.html).
 If your contributors have not changed then your lists of acknowledgements will
-not be changed. The
+not be changed. The most direct way to update your allcontributors list is to
+remember to manually call that function.
+
+### A GitHub Workflow
+
+This package also includes a [GitHub workflow
+file](https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors/blob/main/.github/workflows/allcontributors.yml)
+which you can simply copy and add to your own repository. Once pushed with your
+repository, this workflow will be automatically run at the default monthly
+interval (or whatever value you interval you wish to change that to), your
+README file updated, and the result committed to your repository. Your
+allcontributors list will then be automatically updated without you having to
+do anything.
+
+### A `usethis::use_release_issue()` check item
+
+Many people use the [`usethis::use_release_issue()`
+function](https://usethis.r-lib.org/reference/use_release_issue.html) to
+automatically open an issue on GitHub containing a checklist to help prepare
+for package releases. You can easily add an additional checklist item to this
+list by including the following function somewhere in your package code:
+
+```{r}
+release_bullets <- function () {
+    "Run `allcontributors::add_contributors()`"
+}
+```
+
+The function should return a single text item (which you can modify to suit
+your own needs), and that will be automatically added to the checklist item
+created on calling the [`usethis::use_release_issue()`
+function](https://usethis.r-lib.org/reference/use_release_issue.html).
+
+
+### Forcing updates
+
+The
 [`add_contributors()`](https://docs.ropensci.org/allcontributors/reference/add_contributors.html)
 function has an additional parameter which may be set to `force_update = TRUE`
 to force lists to be updated regardless of whether contributions have changed.
@@ -191,10 +227,8 @@ This can be used to change the formats of acknowledgements at any time. If
 anything goes wrong, the easiest way to replace a contributions section is to
 simply delete the old ones from all files, and call
 [`add_contributors()`](https://docs.ropensci.org/allcontributors/reference/add_contributors.html)
-again. This package also includes a [GitHub workflow
-file](https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors/blob/main/.github/workflows/allcontributors.yml)
-which you can simply copy and add to your own repository, and your
-"allcontributors" section will be automatically updated at regular intervals.
+again.
+
 
 ## More Information
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1aec8bd..ce1c0fb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,13 +158,49 @@ get_contributors (org = "ropensci", repo = "allcontributors")
     #> 3 issue_authors
     #> 4 issue_authors
 
-## Updating Contributor Acknowledgements
+## Keeping your allcontributors Acknowledgements up-to-date
 
-“Contributors” sections of files will be automatically updated to
-reflect any new contributions by simply calling
+The “Contributors” sections of files can be updated at any time by
+calling calling
 [`add_contributors()`](https://docs.ropensci.org/allcontributors/reference/add_contributors.html).
 If your contributors have not changed then your lists of
-acknowledgements will not be changed. The
+acknowledgements will not be changed. The most direct way to update your
+allcontributors list is to remember to manually call that function.
+
+### A GitHub Workflow
+
+This package also includes a [GitHub workflow
+file](https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors/blob/main/.github/workflows/allcontributors.yml)
+which you can simply copy and add to your own repository. Once pushed
+with your repository, this workflow will be automatically run at the
+default monthly interval (or whatever value you interval you wish to
+change that to), your README file updated, and the result committed to
+your repository. Your allcontributors list will then be automatically
+updated without you having to do anything.
+
+### A `usethis::use_release_issue()` check item
+
+Many people use the [`usethis::use_release_issue()`
+function](https://usethis.r-lib.org/reference/use_release_issue.html) to
+automatically open an issue on GitHub containing a checklist to help
+prepare for package releases. You can easily add an additional checklist
+item to this list by including the following function somewhere in your
+package code:
+
+``` r
+release_bullets <- function () {
+    "Run `allcontributors::add_contributors()`"
+}
+```
+
+The function should return a single text item (which you can modify to
+suit your own needs), and that will be automatically added to the
+checklist item created on calling the [`usethis::use_release_issue()`
+function](https://usethis.r-lib.org/reference/use_release_issue.html).
+
+### Forcing updates
+
+The
 [`add_contributors()`](https://docs.ropensci.org/allcontributors/reference/add_contributors.html)
 function has an additional parameter which may be set to
 `force_update = TRUE` to force lists to be updated regardless of whether
@@ -173,11 +209,7 @@ acknowledgements at any time. If anything goes wrong, the easiest way to
 replace a contributions section is to simply delete the old ones from
 all files, and call
 [`add_contributors()`](https://docs.ropensci.org/allcontributors/reference/add_contributors.html)
-again. This package also includes a [GitHub workflow
-file](https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors/blob/main/.github/workflows/allcontributors.yml)
-which you can simply copy and add to your own repository, and your
-“allcontributors” section will be automatically updated at regular
-intervals.
+again.
 
 ## More Information
 
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index 5d8f32a..0756785 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "codeRepository": "https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors",
   "issueTracker": "https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors/issues",
   "license": "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0",
-  "version": "0.2.2.007",
+  "version": "0.2.2.008",
   "programmingLanguage": {
     "@type": "ComputerLanguage",
     "name": "R",