diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2c8fbb732..422d45b30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
         prerelease=""
         case "$TAG" in *a*|*b*|*rc*) prerelease="--prerelease" ;; esac
         cat > release-notes.md <<EOF
-        See the [changelog](https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/blob/$TAG/CHANGES.rst) for what changed in this release.
+        See the [changelog](https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/blob/$TAG/docs/changes.rst) for what changed in this release.
 
         ### Installation
 
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
deleted file mode 120000
index 3a83c2119..000000000
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-docs/changes.rst
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index 8b215ae04..29b313810 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -480,9 +480,9 @@ Checklist:
 - Check if there are any pending fixes for security issues.
 - Find and fix any low hanging fruit left on the issue tracker.
 - Check that GitHub Actions CI is happy.
-- Update ``CHANGES.rst``, based on ``git log $PREVIOUS_RELEASE..``.
-- Check version number of upcoming release in ``CHANGES.rst``.
-- Render ``CHANGES.rst`` via ``make html`` and check for markup errors.
+- Update ``docs/changes.rst``, based on ``git log $PREVIOUS_RELEASE..``.
+- Check version number of upcoming release in ``docs/changes.rst``.
+- Render ``docs/changes.rst`` via ``make html`` and check for markup errors.
 - Verify that ``MANIFEST.in``, ``pyproject.toml`` and ``setup.py`` are complete.
 - Run these commands, check git status for files that might need to be added, and commit::