diff --git a/python/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md b/python/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md
index 4b5c6345a996..434f3b129066 100644
--- a/python/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md
+++ b/python/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ export LAST_COMMIT_ID=$(git rev-list ${GIT_TAG} 2> /dev/null | head -n 1)
 
 The `-s` option will sign the commit. If you don't have a key yet, you can find the instructions [here](http://www.apache.org/dev/openpgp.html#key-gen-generate-key). To install gpg on a M1 based Mac, a couple of additional steps are required: https://gist.github.com/phortuin/cf24b1cca3258720c71ad42977e1ba57
 
-Next step is to create a source distribution (`sdist`) which will generate a `.tar.gz` with all the source files. These files need to be uploaded to the Apache SVN.
+Next step is to clean remove the `dist/` directory to make sure that we have a clean start. Create a source distribution (`sdist`) which will generate a `.tar.gz` with all the source files using `poetry build`. These files need to be uploaded to the Apache SVN.
 
-```
+```sh
+rm -rf dist/
 poetry build
 ```
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ poetry build
 twine upload -s dist/*
 ```
 
-Finally step is to generate the email what send to the dev mail list:
+Final step is to generate the email to the dev mail list:
 
 ```bash
 cat << EOF > release-announcement-email.txt
diff --git a/python/release-announcement-email.txt b/python/release-announcement-email.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d07fada23d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/release-announcement-email.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+To: dev@iceberg.apache.org
+Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache PyIceberg 0.4.0
+Hi Everyone,
+
+I propose that we release the following RC as the official PyIceberg 0.4.0 release.
+
+The commit ID is 51eaf6806361e6e0a5cd163071dce684ec05350b
+
+* This corresponds to the tag: pyiceberg-0.4.0rc2 (f81c759835672e956c71280394f432463d25463c)
+* https://github.com/apache/iceberg/releases/tag/pyiceberg-0.4.0rc2
+* https://github.com/apache/iceberg/tree/51eaf6806361e6e0a5cd163071dce684ec05350b
+
+The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here:
+
+* https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg/pyiceberg-0.4.0rc2/
+
+You can find the KEYS file here:
+
+* https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg/KEYS
+
+Convenience binary artifacts are staged on pypi:
+
+https://pypi.org/project/pyiceberg/0.4.0rc2/
+
+And can be installed using: pip3 install pyiceberg==0.4.0rc2
+
+Please download, verify, and test.
+
+Please vote in the next 72 hours.
+[ ] +1 Release this as PyIceberg 0.4.0
+[ ] +0
+[ ] -1 Do not release this because...