diff --git a/devscripts/release.sh b/devscripts/release.sh
index 2974a7c3ee..453087e5f7 100755
--- a/devscripts/release.sh
+++ b/devscripts/release.sh
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ fi
 /bin/echo -e "\n### Changing version in version.py..."
 sed -i "s/__version__ = '.*'/__version__ = '$version'/" youtube_dl/version.py
 
-/bin/echo -e "\n### Committing CHANGELOG README.md and youtube_dl/version.py..."
+/bin/echo -e "\n### Committing README.md and youtube_dl/version.py..."
 make README.md
-git add CHANGELOG README.md youtube_dl/version.py
+git add README.md youtube_dl/version.py
 git commit -m "release $version"
 
 /bin/echo -e "\n### Now tagging, signing and pushing..."