diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index 2c85056800..6fdbc6904e 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -478,6 +478,6 @@ Todo now:
 
  9. in case of a new major release ('y' in x.y.0), update the pmaweb/settings.py in website repository to include the new major releases
 
-10. update the Dockerfile in the docker repository to reflect the new version and create a new annotated tag (such as with git tag -a 4.7.9-1 -m "Version 4.7.9-1")
+10. update the Dockerfile in the docker repository to reflect the new version and create a new annotated tag (such as with git tag -s -a 4.7.9-1 -m "Version 4.7.9-1")
 
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