diff --git a/docs/publishing.md b/docs/publishing.md
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--- a/docs/publishing.md
+++ b/docs/publishing.md
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ process is used to release an emergency fix as version `6.5.1` in the patch rele
       master branch as well. Create a PR that contains the following:
 
   - [ ] The fix, which you can likely cherry-pick from your patch branch: `git cherry-pick origin/patch/v1.18.0^`
-  - [ ] An updated `CHANGELOG.md` of all patched patches from the tip of the patch branch, which you can get using `git checkout origin/patch/v1.18.0 -- plugins/foo/CHANGELOG.md`.
-  - [ ] A changeset with the message "Applied the fix from version `6.5.1` of this package, which is part of the `v1.18.1` release of Backstage.",
+  - [ ] An updated `CHANGELOG.md` of all patched packages from the tip of the patch branch, `git checkout origin/patch/v1.18.0 -- {packages,plugins}/*/CHANGELOG.md`.
+  - [ ] A changeset with the message "Applied the fix from version `6.5.1` of this package, which is part of the `v1.18.1` release of Backstage."
   - [ ] An entry in `.changeset/patched.json` that sets the current release version to `6.5.1`:
 
     ```json