diff --git a/doc/release.rst b/doc/release.rst
index 088bfa44..fbeaaf44 100644
--- a/doc/release.rst
+++ b/doc/release.rst
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ How to make a psycopg2 release
 - When the workflows have finished download the packages using the
   ``download_packages_{github|appveyor}.py`` scripts from the
   ``scripts/build`` directory. They will be saved in a
-  ``packages/psycopg2-${VERSION}`` directory.
+  ``wheelhouse/psycopg2-${VERSION}`` directory.
 
 - Only for stable packages: upload the signed packages on PyPI::
 
-    $ twine upload -s packages/psycopg2-${VERSION}/*
+    $ twine upload -s wheelhouse/psycopg2-${VERSION}/*
 
 - Create a release and release notes in the psycopg website, announce to
   psycopg and pgsql-announce mailing lists.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Releasing test packages
 
 Test packages may be uploaded on the `PyPI testing site`__ using::
 
-    $ twine upload -s -r testpypi packages/psycopg2-${VERSION}/*
+    $ twine upload -s -r testpypi wheelhouse/psycopg2-${VERSION}/*
 
 assuming `proper configuration`__ of ``~/.pypirc``.
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/download_packages_appveyor.py b/scripts/build/download_packages_appveyor.py
index 0e73dbc2..471cdbea 100755
--- a/scripts/build/download_packages_appveyor.py
+++ b/scripts/build/download_packages_appveyor.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def main():
             fn = af["fileName"]
             if fn.startswith("dist/"):
                 fn = fn.split("/", 1)[1]
-            dest = Path("packages") / fn
+            dest = Path("wheelhouse") / fn
             logger.info(f"downloading {dest}")
             resp = s.get(
                 f"{API_URL}/buildjobs/{job['jobId']}/artifacts/{af['fileName']}"
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def main():
             with dest.open("wb") as f:
                 f.write(resp.content)
 
-    logger.info("now you can run: 'twine upload -s packages/*'")
+    logger.info("now you can run: 'twine upload -s wheelhouse/*'")
 
 
 def parse_cmdline():
diff --git a/scripts/build/download_packages_github.py b/scripts/build/download_packages_github.py
index 0d0a0da5..abfbad9d 100755
--- a/scripts/build/download_packages_github.py
+++ b/scripts/build/download_packages_github.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def main():
     resp.raise_for_status()
     artifacts = resp.json()["artifacts"]
 
-    dest = Path("packages")
+    dest = Path("wheelhouse")
     if not dest.exists():
         logger.info(f"creating dir {dest}")
         dest.mkdir(parents=True)