diff --git a/update_version.sh b/update_version.sh
index 21180780b305257bf88c21fb1d84ef3f4584bfb6..96323d5596aa148d95e8af505671529d066d3d29 100755
--- a/update_version.sh
+++ b/update_version.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ sed "s/__version__\s*=\s*'[^']*'/__version__ = '$1'/" -i flamenco_worker/__init_
 
 git diff
 echo
-echo "Don't forget to tag and commit!"
+echo "Don't forget to commit and tag:"
+echo git commit -m \'Bumped version to $1\' setup.py flamenco_worker/__init__.py
+echo git tag -a v$1 -m \'Tagged version $1\'