diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index 54f527e4e..1282b9c97 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Checklist::
 - is Travis CI happy also?
 - update CHANGES.rst (compare to git log). check version number of upcoming release.
 - check MANIFEST.in and setup.py - are they complete?
+- cd docs ; make html  # to update the usage include files
 - tag the release::
 
   git tag -s -m "tagged release" 0.26.0