diff --git a/pmd/ReadMe.txt b/pmd/ReadMe.txt
index 240076f3e8..04474943a6 100644
--- a/pmd/ReadMe.txt
+++ b/pmd/ReadMe.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ $ cd ../maven-plugin-pmd-build
 $ mvn clean install
 
 That's all !
+
+How to quickly build a "release" (zipfiles - for testing purpose only) ?
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$ mvn -Dmaven.skip.test=true -Dmaven.clover.skip=true verify post-site
+
+Full release process is documented in src/site/xdocs/pmd-release-process.xml