diff --git a/src/main/docbkx/developer.xml b/src/main/docbkx/developer.xml
index 6c1d9346a2e..6a6ce3c9b16 100644
--- a/src/main/docbkx/developer.xml
+++ b/src/main/docbkx/developer.xml
@@ -172,6 +172,26 @@ mvn clean package -DskipTests
Passing the -Prelease will generate javadoc and run the RAT plugin to verify licenses on source.
% MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx2g" mvn clean install javadoc:aggregate site assembly:single -DskipTests -Prelease
+
+ Making Release Tarballs
+ Making release tarballs -- src, hadoop1, and hadoop2 -- do as follows making use of the mvn
+ versions plugin to rewrite the hbase version string between builds to add the hadoop1 or haddop2
+ suffix to the version as appropriate (Only the src tgz is built without modification from the tag
+ checkout; the binary builds will have unchecked-in modifications to their pom adding the
+ hadoop1/hadoop2 suffix to the version string).
+ $ MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx2g" mvn clean install javadoc:aggregate site assembly:single -DskipTests -Dassembly.file=hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/src.xml -Prelease
+ $ mvn clean org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:1.3.1:set -DnewVersion=0.95.1-hadoop1
+ # Copy away the src tgz found in hbase-assembly/target after verifying the content of the tgz is good.
+ $ MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx2g" mvn clean install javadoc:aggregate site assembly:single -DskipTests -Dassembly.file=hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-one-compat.xml -Dhadoop.profile=1.0 -Prelease
+ # Copy away the hadoop1 bing tgz found in hbase-assembly/target after verifying the content of the tgz is good.
+ $ mvn clean org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:1.3.1:set -DnewVersion=0.95.1-hadoop2
+ $ MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx2g" mvn clean install javadoc:aggregate site assembly:single -DskipTests -Dassembly.file=hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-two-compat.xml -Dhadoop.profile=2.0 -Prelease
+ # Copy away the hadoop2 bing tgz found in hbase-assembly/target after verifying the content of the tgz is good.
+
+
+ Next sign the tgzs and deploy (see the hadoop how to release instructions for how).
+
+