diff --git a/docs/make_release.md b/docs/make_release.md
index 50d0dd7cf..dba47eb7b 100644
--- a/docs/make_release.md
+++ b/docs/make_release.md
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ The FloPy release procedure is mostly automated with GitHub Actions in [`release
 
 3. Update the authors in `CITATION.cff` for the Software/Code citation for FloPy, if required.
 
-4. Review deprecations. To search for deprecation warnings with git: `git grep -A2 "deprecated::"`
+4. Review deprecations. To search for deprecation warnings with git: `git grep <pattern>`. Add `-[A/B/C]N` for N extra lines of context. Some terms to search for:
+
+    - deprecated::
+    - DEPRECATED
+    - DeprecationWarning
 
 
 ## Release procedure