diff --git a/release/README.md b/release/README.md
index 031f888d93..e100759e23 100644
--- a/release/README.md
+++ b/release/README.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 ## terms
 
-- `channel` - a named version of openpilot (git branch, casync caidx) which receives updates<br>
-- `prebuilt` - a channel which is already built for the comma 3/3x and contains only required files for running openpilot and identifying the channel<br>
-- `release` - a `prebuilt` channel with `ALLOW_DEBUG=false` (`RELEASE=1` when building panda, ex: `nightly`, `release3`)<br>
+- `channel` - a named version of openpilot (git branch, casync caidx) which receives updates
+- `prebuilt` - a release which is already built for the comma 3/3x and contains only required files for running openpilot and identifying the release
+- `release` - a `prebuilt` release with `ALLOW_DEBUG=false` (`RELEASE=1` when building panda, ex: `nightly`, `release3`)
 
 
 ## openpilot channels
@@ -19,23 +19,23 @@
 | git branches | `git`       | installed manually, experimental features enabled, build required |
 
 
-## creating casync channel
+## creating casync build
 
-`create_casync_prebuilt.sh` - creates a `prebuilt` casync openpilot channel, ready to upload to `openpilot-channels`
+`create_casync_prebuilt.sh` - creates a `prebuilt` casync openpilot build, ready to upload to `openpilot-releases`
 
 ```bash
-# run on a tici, within the directory you want to create the channel from.
+# run on a tici, within the directory you want to create the build from.
 # creates a prebuilt version of openpilot into BUILD_DIR and outputs the caidx
-# and other casync files into CASYNC_DIR for uploading to openpilot-channels.
+# and other casync files into CASYNC_DIR for uploading to openpilot-releases.
 BUILD_DIR=/data/openpilot_build    \
 CASYNC_DIR=/data/casync            \
 OPENPILOT_CHANNEL=nightly          \
 release/create_casync_prebuilt.sh
 ```
 
-`upload_casync_channel.sh` - helper for uploading a casync channel to `openpilot-channels`
+`upload_casync_release.sh` - helper for uploading a casync release to `openpilot-releases`
 
 
-## release channel
+## release builds
 
 to create a release build, set `RELEASE=1` environment variable when running the build script
diff --git a/release/upload_casync_channel.sh b/release/upload_casync_channel.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cfa321daec..0000000000
--- a/release/upload_casync_channel.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-CASYNC_DIR="${CASYNC_DIR:=/tmp/casync}"
-
-OPENPILOT_CHANNELS="https://commadist.blob.core.windows.net/openpilot-channels/"
-
-SAS="$(python -c 'from tools.lib.azure_container import get_container_sas;print(get_container_sas("commadist","openpilot-channels"))')"
-
-azcopy cp "$CASYNC_DIR*" "$OPENPILOT_CHANNELS?$SAS" --recursive
diff --git a/release/upload_casync_release.sh b/release/upload_casync_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..02ced8338e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/upload_casync_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CASYNC_DIR="${CASYNC_DIR:=/tmp/casync}"
+
+OPENPILOT_RELEASES="https://commadist.blob.core.windows.net/openpilot-releases/"
+
+SAS="$(python -c 'from tools.lib.azure_container import get_container_sas;print(get_container_sas("commadist","openpilot-releases"))')"
+
+azcopy cp "$CASYNC_DIR*" "$OPENPILOT_RELEASES?$SAS" --recursive