diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index 1e705898fe..3ba622ee6d 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ and sort them into categories based on labels)
 
 Generate list of authors:
 
-    git log --format='%aN' "$*" | sort -ui | sed -e 's/^/- /'
+    git log --format='- %aN' v(current version, e.g. 0.16.0)..v(new version, e.g. 0.16.1) | sort -fiu
 
 Tag version (or release candidate) in git