diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/new_release.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/new_release.md
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@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ labels: release
 
 - [ ] Update the `$LATEST_VER` parameter in [netlify_build.sh](https://github.com/crossplane/docs/blob/master/netlify_build.sh#L3)
 - [ ] Update `params.latest` in [config.yaml](https://github.com/crossplane/docs/blob/master/config.yaml#L93)
+- [ ] Copy Crossplane [cluster/crds](https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/tree/main/cluster/crds) contents to `/content/master/api/crds`
+- [ ] Copy `/content/master` directory to `/content/<new latest>`
 - [ ] Update `version` in the `_index.md` file of `/content/<new latest>` from `master` to the correct version.
-- [ ] Copy Crossplane [cluster/crds](https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/tree/main/cluster/crds) contents to `/content/<new latest>/api/crds`.
-- [ ] Create a [new release/tag](https://github.com/crossplane/docs/releases/new) named "v<EOL version>-archive" to snapshot EOL'd docs.
+- [ ] Create a [new release/tag](https://github.com/crossplane/docs/releases/new) named `v<EOL version>-archive` to snapshot EOL'd docs.
 - [ ] Remove EOL'd docs version from "/content" directory and run `hugo` locally to check for broken links.
 - [ ] Trigger [Algolia Crawler](https://crawler.algolia.com/) after publishing to reindex results.
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