Document updating conformance is first stable minor release only

docs/release-process.md

@@ -286,25 +286,29 @@ This step is only necessary for stable releases in the latest stable minor versi
 
 ### Update conformance results with CNCF
 
+This step is only necessary for a first stable minor release (a ".0").
+
 Use the following instructions: https://github.com/cncf/k8s-conformance/blob/master/instructions.md
 
-### Update for new beta minor releases
+### Update latest minor release in documentation
 
-If the release was a first beta minor release (a ".0-beta.1"), then create a PR that
-updates the following document:
+This step is only necessary for a first stable minor release (a ".0").
 
-* Add a reference to the version's release notes in [mkdocs.yml](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/tree/master/mkdocs.yml)
-
-### Update for new stable minor releases
-
-If the release was a first stable minor release (a ".0"), then create a PR that
-updates the following documents:
+Create a PR that updates the following documents:
 
 * Rotate the new version into the version matrix in both
 [releases.md](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/tree/master/docs/welcome/releases.md)
 and [README-ES.md](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/tree/master/README-ES.md).
 * Remove the "has not been released yet" header in the version's release notes.
 
+### Add link to release notes
+
+This step is only necessary for a first beta minor release (a ".0-beta.1").
+
+Create a PR that updates the following document:
+
+* Add a reference to the version's release notes in [mkdocs.yml](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/tree/master/mkdocs.yml)
+
 ### Update the alpha channel and/or stable channel
 
 Once we are satisfied the release is sound: