diff --git a/dev-support/make_rc.sh b/dev-support/make_rc.sh
index 50e8efda35e..b88a984634a 100755
--- a/dev-support/make_rc.sh
+++ b/dev-support/make_rc.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ echo "DONE"
 echo "Check the content of ${archivedir}.  If good, sign and push to dist.apache.org"
 echo " cd ${archivedir}"
 echo ' for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --print-mds $i > $i.mds ; done'
+echo ' for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --print-md MD5 $i > $i.md5 ; done'
+echo ' for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --print-md SHA512 $i > $i.sha ; done'
 echo ' for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --armor --output $i.asc --detach-sig $i  ; done'
 echo ' rsync -av ${archivedir}/*.gz ${archivedir}/*.mds ${archivedir}/*.asc ~/repos/dist-dev/hbase-VERSION/'
 echo "Check the content deployed to maven.  If good, close the repo and record links of temporary staging repo"
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/developer.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/developer.adoc
index c3fc1cef4a3..16bf69bfccb 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/developer.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/developer.adoc
@@ -701,6 +701,8 @@ In the _version directory_ run the following commands:
 ----
 
 $ for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --print-mds $i > $i.mds ; done
+$ for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --print-md MD5 $i > $i.md5 ; done
+$ for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --print-md SHA512 $i > $i.sha ; done
 $ for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --armor --output $i.asc --detach-sig $i  ; done
 $ cd ..
 # Presuming our 'version directory' is named 0.96.0RC0, now copy it up to people.apache.org.