diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step12.txt.ftl b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step12.txt.ftl
index 22c8bec32..59f418dfc 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step12.txt.ftl
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step12.txt.ftl
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 Move the release candidate from the dev area to the release area using a Subversion server-side copy:
 
-svn mv https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/fineract/${project['fineract.release.version']} https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release  /fineract/
+# this is a remote operation
+svn mv -m "Release Fineract 1.14.0 🚢" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/fineract/${project['fineract.release.version']} https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/fineract/
 
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diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step13.txt.ftl b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step13.txt.ftl
index 3a734bc71..db0b69712 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step13.txt.ftl
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step13.txt.ftl
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ and make sure that everything on the release tag is merged to develop and that e
 >> git push origin develop
 >> git branch -D release/${project['fineract.release.version']}
 >> git push origin :release/${project['fineract.release.version']}
+>> git describe
 
 [INSTRUCTIONS:END]
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step9.txt.ftl b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step9.txt.ftl
index 5d2cae8d9..ee7b00a5f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step9.txt.ftl
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/instructions/step9.txt.ftl
@@ -22,17 +22,6 @@
 
 [INSTRUCTIONS:START]
 
-Following are the typical things we need to verify before voting on a release candidate. And the release manager should verify them too before calling out a vote.
-
-Make sure release artifacts are hosted at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/fineract
-
-* Release candidates should be in format apache-fineract-bin-${project['fineract.release.version']}.tar.gz
-* Verify signatures and hashes. You may have to import the public key of the release manager to verify the signatures. (gpg --import KEYS or gpg --recv-key <key id>)
-* Git tag matches the released bits (diff -rf)
-* Can compile docs and code successfully from source
-* Verify DISCLAIMER, NOTICE and LICENSE (year etc)
-* All files have correct headers (Rat check should be clean - gradlew rat)
-* No jar files in the source artifacts
-* Integration tests should work
+See https://fineract.apache.org/docs/current/#_step_9_verify_distribution_staging
 
 [INSTRUCTIONS:END]