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-When you used the script to generate the release, a tag was generated in the tree that was downloaded.
-From the coreboot-X.Y tree, just run: `git push -f origin <TAG (X.Y)>`
+When you used the script to generate the release, a signed tag was generated in the
+tree that was downloaded. From the coreboot-X.Y tree, just run: `git push origin X.Y`.
+In case you pushed the wrong tag already, you have to force push the new one.
 
 You will need write access for tags to the coreboot git repo to do this.