diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 55c171d50..05ade879f 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Signing a tag with a GPG key is appreciated, but in case you can't add a GPG key
 Once a tag is created, the release process through CircleCI will be triggered for this tag and Circle CI will draft the GitHub release using the `prombot` account.
 
 Finally, wait for the build step for the tag to finish. The point here is to wait for tarballs to be uploaded to the Github release and the container images to be pushed to the Docker Hub and Quay.io. Once that has happened, click _Publish release_, which will make the release publicly visible and create a GitHub notification.
-** Note: ** for a release candidate version ensure the _This is a pre-release_ box is checked when drafting the release in the Github UI. The CI job should take care of this but it's a good idea to double check before clicking _Publish release_.`
+**Note:** for a release candidate version ensure the _This is a pre-release_ box is checked when drafting the release in the Github UI. The CI job should take care of this but it's a good idea to double check before clicking _Publish release_.`
 
 ### 3. Wrapping up