diff --git a/src/etc/Makefile b/src/etc/Makefile
index d60132e5..653e7390 100644
--- a/src/etc/Makefile
+++ b/src/etc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.59 1997/05/18 20:29:39 pefo Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.60 1997/05/19 19:31:22 deraadt Exp $
 
 TZDIR=		/usr/share/zoneinfo
 LOCALTIME=	US/Pacific
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ release:
 	@false
 .else
 release: distribution snap_pre snap_md
+	cd ${.CURDIR}/../distrib/notes; ${MAKE}; ${MAKE} install
 	cd ${.CURDIR}/../distrib/sets; csh maketars
 	-cp ${DESTDIR}/snapshot/bsd* ${RELEASEDIR}
 	-cp ${DESTDIR}/snapshot/*boot* ${RELEASEDIR}