Add more detail to release steps
diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index 3d61851..264dc05 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -12,16 +12,23 @@
 [Behind the java_tools release process](behind-the-release.md).
 
 1. Create a new tracking issue for the release in this repository and add the
-`release` label. See [#7](https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/issues/7) as
+`release` label. See [#59](https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/issues/59) as
 an example.
-2. Trigger a new build of the [`java_tools binaries pipeline`](https://buildkite.com/bazel-trusted/java-tools-binaries-java).
+2. Trigger a new build of the [`java_tools binaries pipeline`](https://buildkite.com/bazel-trusted/java-tools-binaries-java). Set the message field to "java_tools release [version] [rc]". See [example](https://buildkite.com/bazel-trusted/java-tools-binaries-java/builds/189).
 3. Identify and set the following environment variables:
 
   * `COMMIT_HASH` the commit hash where the pipeline was run (see below)
-  * `NEW_VERSION` the new version number you’re trying to release (e.g. `3.1`)
+  * `NEW_VERSION` the new version number you’re trying to release (e.g. `11.09`)
   * `RC` the number of the current release candidate
 
-4. Create a new release candidate by running the command below from the bazel repo:
+     For example:
+     ```
+     EXPORT COMMIT_HASH=7bd0ab63a8441c3f3d7f495d09ed2bed38762874
+     EXPORT NEW_VERSION=11.09
+     EXPORT RC=1
+     ```
+
+4. Create a new release candidate by running the command below from the [bazel](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel) repo:
 
     ```
     src/create_java_tools_release.sh \
@@ -32,12 +39,32 @@
 
     The script will output the sha256sum of the rc artifacts for linux, darwin
     and windows.
+    
+    Sample output:
+    ```
+    $ src/create_java_tools_release.sh --commit_hash 7bd0ab63a8441c3f3d7f495d09ed2bed38762874 --java_tools_version 11.9 --rc 1 --release false
 
-5. Create a new bazel Pull Request that updates the `java_tools` archives (file 
-[distdir_deps.bzl](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/master/distdir_deps.bzl))
-with the new release candidates.
-The PR triggers the CI presubmit.
+      release_candidates/java/v11.9/java_tools_linux-v11.9-rc1.zip 512582cac5b7ea7974a77b0da4581b21f546c9478f206eedf54687eeac035989
+      release_candidates/java/v11.9/java_tools_windows-v11.9-rc1.zip 677ab910046205020fd715489147c2bcfad8a35d9f5d94fdc998d217545bd87a
+      release_candidates/java/v11.9/java_tools_darwin-v11.9-rc1.zip b9e962c6a836ba1d7573f2473fab3a897c6370d4c2724bde4017b40932ff4fe4
+      release_candidates/java/v11.9/java_tools-v11.9-rc1.zip 5cd59ea6bf938a1efc1e11ea562d37b39c82f76781211b7cd941a2346ea8484d
+    ```
 
+5. Create a new bazel Pull Request that updates the `java_tools` archives (file [distdir_deps.bzl](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/master/distdir_deps.bzl)) with the new release candidates. The PR triggers the CI presubmit.  
+
+  * Edit [distdir_deps.bzl](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/master/distdir_deps.bzl) by updating the `archive`, `sha256`, and `urls` fields for `remote_java_tools` with the correct version, rc, sha256sum, and url (see output from step 4)
+  
+     Example:
+     ```
+     "archive": "java_tools-v11.9-rc1.zip",
+     "sha256": "5cd59ea6bf938a1efc1e11ea562d37b39c82f76781211b7cd941a2346ea8484d",
+     "urls": [
+         "https://mirror.bazel.build/bazel_java_tools/release_candidates/java/v11.9/java_tools-v11.9-rc1.zip",
+     ],
+     ```
+     
+  * Repeat for `remote_java_tools_linux`, `remote_java_tools_windows`, and `remote_java_tools_darwin`
+  * See [#16865](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/16865) for reference
 
 6. Trigger a new build on Downstream https://buildkite.com/bazel/bazel-at-head-plus-downstream.
    Using `pull/PRNUMBER/head` for the branch.