diff --git a/admin/publish.md b/admin/publish.md
index 617a8b669d..5f26bac1f6 100644
--- a/admin/publish.md
+++ b/admin/publish.md
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ If there are no errors, you can start preparing for the new release.
 
 Generate a GitHub auth token by going to https://github.com/settings/tokens. Save the token somewhere for future reference.
 
+> Before running the command below, get all tags from the original repository by runnung `git fetch --tags`.
+
 ```sh
 GITHUB_AUTH=<Your GitHub auth token> yarn changelog
 ```
@@ -61,6 +63,42 @@ Make a commit and create a pull request with the changes and get it merged. An e
 
 As we have a monorepo structure, we use `lerna publish` to publish the new version of packages to npm in one shot.
 
+First, be sure to run the command below to verify that you have access to all the necessary repositories.
+
+```sh
+npm access ls-packages
+```
+
+<details>
+ <summary>The list of packages which need access (as of April 2020)</summary>
+ <pre>
+{
+  "@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/mdx-loader": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/utils": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/core": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/preset-classic": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/theme-search-algolia": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/theme-classic": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/theme-live-codeblock": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/plugin-google-analytics": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/plugin-google-gtag": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/init": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs-legacy": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/plugin-ideal-image": "read-write",
+  "@docusaurus/types": "read-write",
+  "docusaurus": "read-write",
+  "docusaurus-init": "read-write",
+  "stylelint-copyright": "read-write"
+}
+</pre>
+</details>
+
+If all accesses are available, you can run the command to release a new version:
+
 ```sh
 yarn lerna publish 2.0.0-alpha.41 --dist-tag next
 ```
@@ -83,6 +121,39 @@ You should receive many emails notifying you that a new version of the packages
 - Hit the green "Publish release" button
 - Profit! 💰
 
+### 6. Notify people about new release (optional but desirable)
+
+After new release, it was cool to notify our users about this in the Dicsord chat (`docusaurus-users` channel) and write summaries in Twiiter using the following templates.
+
+For Discord:
+
+```
+A new version %VER% is available now! 🎉
+See release notes at the following link https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/releases/tag/%VER%
+```
+
+For Twitter:
+
+```
+💥 A new version %VER% is available now! 💥
+
+###
+LIST HERE MAJOR FEATURES, SEE EXAMPLES BELOW
+
+- Dropdown nav 🔗
+- New code blocks features 🖥️
+- Draft blog posts ✏️
+- Announcement bar 📢
+
+..
+
+NOTE: most likely this last item will be relevant for each new release, so do not forget include it
+- Many documentation improvements and bug fixes! 🐛
+###
+
+https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/releases/tag/%VER%
+```
+
 ## Docusaurus 1
 
 1. Bump version number in [`package.json`](https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/blob/master/package.json).