diff --git a/release-tools/readme.md b/release-tools/readme.md
index 4bd1ebf..8b3c7c1 100644
--- a/release-tools/readme.md
+++ b/release-tools/readme.md
@@ -73,3 +73,13 @@ $ tracker archive $trainIteration.previous
 * Update versions in Sagan with `$ sagan update $releasetrains`.
 * Announce release (Blog, Twitter) and notify downstream dependency projects as needed. Dev-tools can assist you with `$ announcement $trainIteration`. Make sure to remove the changelog link to Envers as this module has no changelog.
 
+### Utilities
+
+#### GitHub Labels
+
+`ProjectLabelConfiguration` contains a per-project configuration which labels should be present in a project. To apply that configuration (create or update), use:
+
+```
+$ github update labels $project
+```
+
diff --git a/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/github/GitHubCommands.java b/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/github/GitHubCommands.java
index 0cf0898..c4981b2 100644
--- a/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/github/GitHubCommands.java
+++ b/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/issues/github/GitHubCommands.java
@@ -43,13 +43,8 @@ class GitHubCommands extends TimedCommand {
 	@NonNull Executor executor;
 
 	@CliCommand(value = "github update labels")
-	public void createOrUpdateLabels(@CliOption(key = "", mandatory = false) Project project) {
-
-		if (project == null) {
-			// Projects.all().forEach(gitHubLabels::createOrUpdateLabels);
-		} else {
-			gitHubLabels.createOrUpdateLabels(project);
-		}
+	public void createOrUpdateLabels(@CliOption(key = "", mandatory = true) Project project) {
+		gitHubLabels.createOrUpdateLabels(project);
 	}
 
 }