diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index eb10a80c..bb28b33a 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ You can also import the project into your IDE.
 2. With the release tagged, push the tagged version to the release branch.
 +
 ----
-% git checkout -b release
+% git checkout -b release-3.x
 % git reset --hard <tag>
-% git push -f origin release
+% git push -f origin release-3.x
 ----
 
 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.
+The pipeline will build and release the "release-3.x" 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