From 7b854c3c1d5438cd55736ef2f3a15b7b8bcd8f4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Utkarsh Umesan Pillai <66651184+utpilla@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:30:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update RELEASING doc

---
 build/RELEASING.md | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/build/RELEASING.md b/build/RELEASING.md
index 77b94aaf42e..9d942f92dc7 100644
--- a/build/RELEASING.md
+++ b/build/RELEASING.md
@@ -84,7 +84,16 @@ Only for Maintainers.
     git push origin 1.0.0-rc9.7
     ```
 
-    If releasing both, push both tags above.
+    If releasing only a particular non-core component which has a dedicated
+    MinverTagPrefix such as AspNetCore instrumentation, only add and push the
+    tag with that particular prefix. For example:
+
+    ```sh
+    git tag -a Instrumentation.AspNetCore-1.6.0 -m "1.6.0 of AspNetCore instrumentation library"
+    git push origin Instrumentation.AspNetCore-1.6.0
+    ```
+
+    If releasing multiple kinds of components, push both tags for each of them.
 
  7. Go to the [list of
     tags](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/tags)