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diff --git a/CHECKLST.txt b/CHECKLST.txt
index dd1218a7..f4d41203 100644
--- a/CHECKLST.txt
+++ b/CHECKLST.txt
@@ -1,39 +1,28 @@
 Checklists for PuTTY administrative procedures
 ==============================================
 
-Locations of the licence
-------------------------
+Going into pre-release stabilisation
+------------------------------------
 
-The PuTTY copyright notice and licence are stored in quite a few
-places. At the start of a new year, the copyright year needs
-updating in all of them; and when someone sends a massive patch,
-their name needs adding in all of them too.
+When we begin to work towards a release and want to enabling
+pre-releases on the website:
 
-The LICENCE file in the main source distribution:
+ - Make a branch whose tip will be the current state of the
+   pre-release. Regardless of whether the branch is from master or
+   from a prior release branch, the name of the branch must now be in
+   the form 'pre-X.YZ', or else the website will fail to link to it
+   properly in gitweb and the build script will check out the wrong
+   thing.
 
- - putty/LICENCE
+ - Edit ~/adm/puttysnap.sh on my build machine to set $prerelver correctly.
 
-The resource files:
+ - Edit ~/adm/puttysnap.sh on the master machine to enable pre-release
+   builds, by changing the 'if false' to 'if true'.
 
- - putty/windows/pageant.rc
-    + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and
-      once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both!
- - putty/windows/puttygen.rc
-    + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and
-      once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both!
- - putty/windows/win_res.rc2
-    + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and
-      once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both!
- - putty/windows/version.rc2
-    + the copyright date appears once only.
- - putty/unix/gtkdlg.c
-    + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and
-      once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both!
-
-The documentation (both the preamble blurb and the licence appendix):
-
- - putty/doc/blurb.but
- - putty/doc/licence.but
+ - Put the website into pre-release mode, by defining prerel_version()
+   in components/Base.mc to return the upcoming version number. Also
+   add a news announcement in components/news. (Previous naming
+   convention has been to name it in the form 'X.YZ-pre.mi'.)
 
 Preparing to make a release
 ---------------------------
@@ -184,7 +173,7 @@ locally, this is the procedure for putting it up on the web.
     + Post it to comp.security.ssh.
     + Mention it in <TDHTT> on mono.
 
- - Edit ~/adm/puttysnap.sh to disable pre-release builds, if they were
-   previously enabled.
+ - Edit the master ~/adm/puttysnap.sh to disable pre-release builds,
+   if they were previously enabled.
 
  - Relax (slightly).