diff --git a/doc/development.rst b/doc/development.rst
index f1cea0609..86ff8630c 100644
--- a/doc/development.rst
+++ b/doc/development.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ Run the tests
    When running from an interactive shell `< /dev/null` unsets
    the `tty` tox sub-type and defines the `COVERAGE` variable.
 
+Update translations
+===================
+
+They are updated upstream before the releases to help keep the
+vocabulary consistent.
+
+.. note::
+
+   The only exception would be a trivial fix such as a typo.
+
+The `.po` files can be updated as follows::
+
+     $ ./update-locales.sh
+
 Build the documentation
 =======================