diff --git a/docs/development/release-process.rst b/docs/development/release-process.rst
index 66f6c644..84e5bec8 100644
--- a/docs/development/release-process.rst
+++ b/docs/development/release-process.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Release Process
 ===============
 
-#. Checkout the current ``master`` branch.
+#. Checkout the current ``main`` branch.
 #. Install the latest ``nox``::
 
     $ pip install nox
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ Release Process
 
    Access needed for making the release are:
 
-   - PyPI maintainer (or owner) access to `packaging`
-   - push directly to the `master` branch on the source repository
+   - PyPI maintainer (or owner) access to ``packaging``
+   - push directly to the ``main`` branch on the source repository
    - push tags directly to the source repository