diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 753aeb9..21562e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 1.2.0
+
+ * [dependencies] Bump twisted from 19.2.1 to 19.7.0 (#8)
+ * Update releasing instructions in `README.md` and `CONTRIBUTING.md`
+
 # 1.1.0
 
  * [security] Rebuild image using latest upstream python:3.7-alpine tag to fix CVE-2019-5021 (#7)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index eedb57c..f96f381 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ the full set of tests run by our build system.
 
 ## Releasing
 
-Once a pull request has been merged, the commit in master should be tagged with a new version number and pushed.
-Only maintainers are able to do this.
+As a project maintainer you will need to release this project to push a new Docker image to Docker Hub, e.g. once a pull request has been merged.
+
+Create a release in GitHub, with the contents of the Changelog for that release version. This will create a tag, for
+which Travis will build and publish an image.
 
 This project follows the [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) specification, and version numbers
 should be chosen accordingly.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5079834..257f974 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,4 @@ Please see our [Contributing guidelines](/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.
 
 ## Releasing
 
-As a project maintainer, you will need to release this project to push a new Docker image to Docker Hub.
-
-Create a release in GitHub, with the contents of the Changelog for that release version.  This will create a tag, for
-which Travis will build and publish an image.
+See instructions in eponymous section in `CONTRIBUTING.md`