diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index fbe14aa4..eb10a80c 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ You can also import the project into your IDE.
 NOTE: You can chain the previous set of commands together using `&&`.
 
 The pipeline will build and release the "release" branch. It will also build a new a new snapshot and stage it on artifactory.
+For releases that go to Maven Central, the user much manually check out and verify the artifacts before releasing them.
 
 === Running CI tasks locally