diff --git a/RELEASING/README.md b/RELEASING/README.md
index 7cf0ead7ffd..7030571be62 100644
--- a/RELEASING/README.md
+++ b/RELEASING/README.md
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ cd ../
 
 
 # Compile translations for the backend
-./scripts/translations/generate_po_files.sh
+./scripts/translations/generate_mo_files.sh
 
 # update build version number
 sed -i '' "s/version_string = .*/version_string = \"$SUPERSET_VERSION\"/" setup.py