diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6914e215..558af11d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -50,38 +50,3 @@ you can specify a test directory, file, module, class or method:
     $ script/test tests/unit/cli_test.py
     $ script/test tests.integration.service_test
     $ script/test tests.integration.service_test:ServiceTest.test_containers
-
-## Building binaries
-
-`script/build-linux` will build the Linux binary inside a Docker container:
-
-    $ script/build-linux
-
-`script/build-osx` will build the Mac OS X binary inside a virtualenv:
-
-    $ script/build-osx
-
-For official releases, you should build inside a Mountain Lion VM for proper
-compatibility. Run the this script first to prepare the environment before
-building - it will use Homebrew to make sure Python is installed and
-up-to-date.
-
-    $ script/prepare-osx
-
-## Release process
-
-1. Open pull request that:
- - Updates the version in `compose/__init__.py`
- - Updates the binary URL in `docs/install.md`
- - Adds release notes to `CHANGES.md`
-2. Create unpublished GitHub release with release notes
-3. Build Linux version on any Docker host with `script/build-linux` and attach
-   to release
-4. Build OS X version on Mountain Lion with `script/build-osx` and attach to
-   release as `docker-compose-Darwin-x86_64` and `docker-compose-Linux-x86_64`.
-5. Publish GitHub release, creating tag
-6. Update website with `script/deploy-docs`
-7. Upload PyPi package
-
-        $ git checkout $VERSION
-        $ python setup.py sdist upload
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b18fc9d..7121f6a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,3 +50,8 @@ Contributing
 [![Build Status](http://jenkins.dockerproject.org/buildStatus/icon?job=Compose%20Master)](http://jenkins.dockerproject.org/job/Compose%20Master/)
 
 Want to help build Compose? Check out our [contributing documentation](https://github.com/docker/compose/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+Releasing
+---------
+
+Releases are built by maintainers, following an outline of the [release process](https://github.com/docker/compose/blob/master/RELEASE_PROCESS.md).
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diff --git a/RELEASE_PROCESS.md b/RELEASE_PROCESS.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91a0d773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE_PROCESS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Building a Compose release
+
+## Building binaries
+
+`script/build-linux` will build the Linux binary inside a Docker container:
+
+    $ script/build-linux
+
+`script/build-osx` will build the Mac OS X binary inside a virtualenv:
+
+    $ script/build-osx
+
+For official releases, you should build inside a Mountain Lion VM for proper
+compatibility. Run the this script first to prepare the environment before
+building - it will use Homebrew to make sure Python is installed and
+up-to-date.
+
+    $ script/prepare-osx
+
+## Release process
+
+1. Open pull request that:
+ - Updates the version in `compose/__init__.py`
+ - Updates the binary URL in `docs/install.md`
+ - Adds release notes to `CHANGES.md`
+2. Create unpublished GitHub release with release notes
+3. Build Linux version on any Docker host with `script/build-linux` and attach
+   to release
+4. Build OS X version on Mountain Lion with `script/build-osx` and attach to
+   release as `docker-compose-Darwin-x86_64` and `docker-compose-Linux-x86_64`.
+5. Publish GitHub release, creating tag
+6. Update website with `script/deploy-docs`
+7. Upload PyPi package
+
+        $ git checkout $VERSION
+        $ python setup.py sdist upload