diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index eeae4daa534..2af05daac04 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@ repositories (changes that are automatically handled by the format upgrade tools
 are not marked). Those prefixed with "(+)" are new command/option (since
 2.1.0~alpha2).
 
+2.3.0~rc1:
+* Improve the release script by adding a NetBSD/x86_64 binary
+  [#6258 @kit-ty-kate]
+
+2.3.0~beta2:
+* Fix the detection of the current terminal size
+  [#6244 @kit-ty-kate - fix #6243]
+* Improve the release script by upgrading the platform building the Linux
+  binaries to Alpine 3.20, the FreeBSD binary to FreeBSD 14.1 and the
+  OpenBSD binary to OpenBSD 7.6 [#6237 @kit-ty-kate]
+* Make the release script produce a Linux/riscv64 binary [#6237 @kit-ty-kate]
+* API changes
+  * `OpamStubs.get_stdout_ws_col`: new Unix-only function returning the
+    number of columns of the current terminal window [#6244 @kit-ty-kate]
+
 2.3.0~beta1:
 * Fix an opam 2.1 regression where the initial pin of a local VCS directory
   would store untracked and ignored files. Those files would usually be
diff --git a/release/readme.md b/release/readme.md
index 275e80520ce..c250f8f4b84 100644
--- a/release/readme.md
+++ b/release/readme.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 * update version in all the opam files and in configure.ac
 * run `make configure` to regenerate `./configure` [checked by github actions]
 * update copyright headers
-* if you're releasing the first final release of a new branch (e.g. 2.2.0): make sure `root_version` in OpamFile.ml is set to the final release number (e.g. for 2.2.0, root_version should be 2.2). Make sure that opamFormatUpgrade.ml also contains an upgrade function from the previous version (that function will most likely be empty)
+* if you're releasing the first final release of a new branch (e.g. 2.2.0) and the `root_version` has changed since the previous stable version (e.g. 2.1.6): make sure `root_version` in OpamFile.ml is set to the final release number (e.g. for 2.2.0, `root_version` should be 2.2). Make sure that `opamFormatUpgrade.ml` also contains an upgrade function from the previous version (that function will most likely be empty), and that `opamroot-versions.test` is updated accordingly too.
 * run `make tests`, `opam-rt` [checked by github actions]
 * update the CHANGE file: take `master_changes.md` content to fill it