2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fe82a694..9054de2b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ release: clean
 force_release: clean
 	git push --tags origin main
 	python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-	twine upload -s -i 27C50E7F590947D7273A741E85194C08421980C9 dist/*
-\ No newline at end of file
+	twine upload 27C50E7F590947D7273A741E85194C08421980C9 dist/*
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd449d32..54a735e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ Please have a look at the [contributions file][contributing].
   incrementing the patch level, and possibly by appending `-dev`. Probably you
   want to `git push` once more.
 
-### How to verify a release
+### How to verify a release (DEPRECATED)
+
+Note that what follows is deprecated and future releases won't be signed anymore.
+More details about how it came to that can be found [in this issue](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitdb/issues/77).
+
+----
 
 Please only use releases from `pypi` as you can verify the respective source
 tarballs.