diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index 800fddc7d..c439649b7 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ Please ensure you have:
      - in translators.html
   2. built the new "Documentation.txt" version using:
        lynx --nolist --dump Documentation.html > Documentation.txt 
+  3. synchronized the language files:
+       cd lang
+       ./sync_lang.sh
 
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