diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b48063..0b50e4e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ publish-doc: documentation
 allclean:
 	rm -f $(DOC_ALL)
 
-distclean:
+distclean: allclean
 	rm -f $(DOCBDOCS)
 
 #
diff --git a/doc/todo/0.5.3 b/doc/todo/0.5.3
index c843cdf..8d4fad7 100644
--- a/doc/todo/0.5.3
+++ b/doc/todo/0.5.3
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ X join todos
 - remove exit-calls
    * will leave behind unused temporary file!
    * use _exit_err
+- replace nico-linux-ccollect with nico-ccollect
+   * ccollect is not Linux specific
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index d93f1f9..7a758bb 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ DHOST=nico@home.schottelius.org
 DDIR=www/org/schottelius/unix/www/ccollect/
 DESTINATION="$DHOST:$DDIR"
 
+# create documentation for the end user
+(
+   cd "$NAME"
+   make dist
+   make publish-doc
+)
+
 tar cvfj "$TARNAME" \
    --exclude=.git \
    --exclude="conf/sources/*/destination/*" "$NAME"
@@ -29,3 +36,5 @@ ssh "$DHOST" "( cd $DDIR; tar xfj \"$TARNAME\" )"
 echo "setting paranoid permissions to public..."
 ssh "$DHOST" "( cd $DDIR; find -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \; )"
 ssh "$DHOST" "( cd $DDIR; find -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \; )"
+
+cat "${NAME}/doc/release-checklist"