diff --git a/docs/release.rst b/docs/release.rst
index b5de60f4e5..e761cdf7a6 100644
--- a/docs/release.rst
+++ b/docs/release.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ the version just below.
 To release a new version of pybind11:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+If you don't have nox, you should either use ``pipx run nox`` instead, or use
+``pipx install nox`` or ``brew install nox`` (Unix).
+
 - Update the version number
     - Update ``PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR`` etc. in
       ``include/pybind11/detail/common.h``. PATCH should be a simple integer.
@@ -51,14 +54,12 @@ To release a new version of pybind11:
   notifications to users watching releases, and also uploads PyPI packages).
   (Note: if you do not use an existing tag, this creates a new lightweight tag
   for you, so you could skip the above step.)
-
     - GUI method: Under `releases <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/releases>`_
       click "Draft a new release" on the far right, fill in the tag name
       (if you didn't tag above, it will be made here), fill in a release name
       like "Version X.Y.Z", and copy-and-paste the markdown-formatted (!) changelog
       into the description (usually ``cat docs/changelog.rst | pandoc -f rst -t gfm``).
       Check "pre-release" if this is a beta/RC.
-
     - CLI method: with ``gh`` installed, run ``gh release create vX.Y.Z -t "Version X.Y.Z"``
       If this is a pre-release, add ``-p``.
 
@@ -90,9 +91,7 @@ If you need to manually upload releases, you can download the releases from the
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    python3 -m pip install build
-    python3 -m build
-    PYBIND11_SDIST_GLOBAL=1 python3 -m build
+    nox -s build
     twine upload dist/*
 
 This makes SDists and wheels, and the final line uploads them.
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 757a53843a..53d87dbcba 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -85,5 +85,7 @@ def build(session: nox.Session) -> None:
     """
 
     session.install("build")
+    session.log("Building normal files")
     session.run("python", "-m", "build")
+    session.log("Building pybind11-global files (PYBIND11_GLOBAL_SDIST=1)")
     session.run("python", "-m", "build", env={"PYBIND11_GLOBAL_SDIST": "1"})