[beam] branch master updated: Release guide: minor updates

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     new 3757d2a  Release guide: minor updates
     new f8660d3  Merge pull request #15691 from udim/release-guide2
3757d2a is described below

commit 3757d2abe011ac3ad7cb5d6dffc54a9838f59c03
Author: Udi Meiri <eh...@google.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 7 18:50:39 2021 -0700

    Release guide: minor updates
    
    Notes about clearing out old docker images and unlocking the gpg signing
    key.
---
 website/www/site/content/en/contribute/release-guide.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/release-guide.md b/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/release-guide.md
index ee979b8..a308df5 100644
--- a/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/release-guide.md
+++ b/website/www/site/content/en/contribute/release-guide.md
@@ -551,6 +551,10 @@ See the source of the script for more details, or to run commands manually in ca
 
 ### Run build_release_candidate.sh to create a release candidate
 
+Before you start, run this command to make sure you'll be using the latest docker images:
+
+      docker system prune -a
+
 * **Script:** [build_release_candidate.sh](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/release/src/main/scripts/build_release_candidate.sh)
 
 * **Usage**
@@ -1147,6 +1151,9 @@ Merge all of the website pull requests
 Create and push a new signed tag for the released version by copying the tag for the final release candidate, as follows:
 
 ```
+# Optional: unlock the signing key by signing an arbitrary file.
+gpg --output ~/doc.sig --sign ~/.bashrc
+
 VERSION_TAG="v${RELEASE}"
 git tag -s "$VERSION_TAG" "$RC_TAG"
 git push https://github.com/apache/beam "$VERSION_TAG"