diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-21820 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21820
index 40b1378d1..55c1ede69 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-21820
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21820
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 Bugfix: Correct handling of duplicate index entries
 
 Before restic 0.10.0, a bug could, in very rare cases, split information
-about a pack file across multiple index files. Since restic 0.17.0, any
-operation that rewrites the index (like `prune` or `repair packs`)
-could lose part of that information, resulting in errors in later
-`check` or `prune` runs. Those can be fixed by running `repair packs`.
-Note that only repositories using repository format version 1 might be affected.
+about a pack file across multiple index files.
+
+Since restic 0.17.0, any operation that rewrites the index (like `prune`
+or `repair packs`) could lose part of that information, resulting in errors
+in later `check` or `prune` runs. This can be fixed by running `repair packs`,
+and only repositories using repository format version 1 might be affected.
 
 Split pack index entries are no longer lost during index rewrites. The
-`check` command now reports these cases as errors that can instead be fixed using
+`check` command now reports these cases as errors that can be fixed using
 the `repair packs` command. On older restic versions, running `repair index`
 twice also fixes the problem.
 
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3572 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3572
index df9cd343d..e30038a09 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3572
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3572
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 Enhancement: Support restoring ownership by name on UNIX systems
 
-Restic restore used to restore file ownership on UNIX systems by UID and GID.
-It now allows restoring ownership by user and group name with
-`--ownership-by-name`, so snapshots can be restored on systems where numeric IDs
-do not match the backup host. POSIX ACLs are still restored by numeric value;
-this change does not add ACL-by-name support.
+The `restore` command used to restore file ownership on UNIX systems by UID
+and GID. It now supports restoring ownership by user and group name with
+`--ownership-by-name`, so that snapshots can be restored on systems where
+numeric IDs do not match those on the backup host.
+
+Note: POSIX ACLs are still restored by numeric value; this change does not
+add ACL-by-name support.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3572
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5449
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3738 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3738
index 490353c57..04531de2e 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3738
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3738
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Enhancement: Optional GitHub token for `self-update` API requests
 
-`restic self-update` used only unauthenticated GitHub API requests when
+The `self-update` command used only unauthenticated GitHub API requests when
 checking for releases. Shared IP addresses could hit the GitHub rate limit,
 resulting in a 403 Forbidden error and preventing updates.
 
 Unauthenticated requests remain the default, but authenticated requests are now
-optional. Set the environment variable `GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN` to a GitHub
-[personal access token](https://github.com/settings/tokens) to avoid rate-limit failures.
+possible. Set the environment variable `GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN` to a GitHub
+[personal access token](https://github.com/settings/tokens) to avoid rate-limit
+failures.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3738
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5568
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4467 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4467
index 6b94f1085..2214781dd 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4467
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4467
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Bugfix: Exit with code 3 when some `backup` source paths do not exist
 
 Restic used to exit with code 0 when a top-level backup source path was
-missing, and exited with code 3 only when a child path under an existing source
-did not exist. Scripts that relied on the exit code could treat an incomplete
-backup as success.
+missing, and exited with code 3 only when a child path under an existing
+source did not exist. Scripts that relied on the exit code could therefore
+treat an incomplete backup as success.
 
 Restic now exits with code 3 when any backup source path does not exist.
 
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4728 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4728
index ee62b05ac..7788127c4 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4728
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4728
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Enhancement: Support zstd compression levels `fastest` and `better`
 
 Restic now supports the zstd compression modes `fastest` and `better`. Set the
 environment variable `RESTIC_COMPRESSION` to `fastest` or `better`, or pass the
-same values with `--compression`.
+same values with the `--compression` option.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4728
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5321
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4759 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4759
index 544e8a815..369938e36 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4759
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4759
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Bugfix: Error out when environment variables hold invalid values
 
 If the environment variables `RESTIC_COMPRESSION`, `RESTIC_PACK_SIZE`, or
-`RESTIC_READ_CONCURRENCY` could not be parsed, restic used to ignore them. Restic
-now fails with an error unless the same setting is overridden on the command
-line.
+`RESTIC_READ_CONCURRENCY` could not be parsed, restic used to ignore them.
+Restic now fails with an error unless the same setting is overridden on the
+command line.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4759
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5592
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4868 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4868
index 504e6836a..ece39f427 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4868
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4868
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Enhancement: Include repository id in the filesystem name used by `mount`
+Enhancement: Include repository ID in the filesystem name used by `mount`
 
-The filesystem exposed by the `mount` command now includes the repository id in
-its name. The id is printed when opening a repository or can be read with
+The filesystem exposed by the `mount` command now includes the repository ID
+in its name. The ID is printed when opening a repository or can be read with
 `restic cat config`.
 
 ```
-[restic-user@hostname restic]$ df ./test-mount/
+$ df ./test-mount/
 Filesystem        1K-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
 restic:d3b07384d1         0     0         0    - /mnt/my-restic-repo
 ```
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5233 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5233
index 3a1e790ac..bdd57d7b4 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5233
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5233
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-Bugfix: `forget` returns exit code 3 when snapshot removal is partial
+Bugfix: Return exit code 3 when failing to remove snapshots
 
-The `forget` command now returns exit code 3 when it fails to remove one or
-more snapshots. It previously returned exit code 0, which was misleading in
-scripts.
+Previously, the `forget` command returned exit code 0 when it failed
+to remove one or more snapshots. This was misleading to scripts.
+
+The `forget` command now instead returns exit code 3 when failing to
+remove one or more snapshots.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5233
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5322
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5280 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5280
index c7db75686..9978e3dde 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5280
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5280
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Bugfix: Reject impossible `find` time bounds immediately
 
-`restic find` now fails with an error when both `--oldest` and `--newest` are
-set and `--oldest` is later than `--newest`.
+The `find` command now fails with an error when both `--oldest`
+and `--newest` are set and `--oldest` is later than `--newest`.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5280
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5310
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5293 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5293
index 2def06d00..c17f09669 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5293
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5293
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-Change: prune small packfiles more aggressively
+Change: Prune small packfiles more aggressively
 
 The `prune` command now repacks more small packfiles by default. The option
-`--repack-small` is no longer needed and has been marked as deprecated.
-`--repack-smaller-than` can still be used to further control repacking of small
-pack files.
+`--repack-small` is no longer needed and has been marked as deprecated. The
+`--repack-smaller-than` option can still be used to further control repacking
+of small pack files.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5293
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21803
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5352 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5352
index e672c5408..abbb8c2ff 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5352
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5352
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-Enhancement: Add `--exclude-cloud-files` on macOS (e.g. iCloud Drive)
+Enhancement: Support excluding cloud-backed files on macOS
 
-Restic treated iCloud-backed files like normal local files, which forced a
-full download of placeholders and other cloud-only content during backups.
+Previously, restic treated cloud-backed files (such as files stored on iCloud)
+like normal local files, forcing a full download of placeholders and other
+"meant to be cloud only" content during backups.
 
-The `backup` command now supports `--exclude-cloud-files` to skip those files on
-supported macOS versions. From Sonoma (macOS 14.0) onward the option can prevent
-unwanted downloads. Older macOS versions will still download the files during
-a backup run.
+The `backup` command now supports `--exclude-cloud-files` (previously only
+available on Windows) to skip those files on supported macOS versions. From
+Sonoma (macOS 14.0) onward the option can prevent unwanted downloads. Older
+macOS versions will still download the files during a backup run.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5352
-https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4990
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5370
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5354 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5354
index df069ab52..6e2c76320 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5354
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5354
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Bugfix: Allow `rclone` and `sftp` backends when restic runs in the background
+Bugfix: Allow `rclone` and `sftp` backends when running in background
 
-Starting restic in the background could result in unexpected behavior when using
-the `rclone` or `sftp` backend. For example,
+Previously, starting restic in the background could result in unexpected
+behavior when using the `rclone` or `sftp` backends. For example,
 `restic -r rclone:./example --insecure-no-password init &` could cause the
 calling `bash` shell to exit unexpectedly.
 
-This has been fixed.
+This has now been fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5354
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5358
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5383 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5383
index c004e6e6c..a482237d5 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5383
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5383
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 Enhancement: Reduce progress bar refresh rates to decrease energy usage
 
-Progress bars were updated at 60 fps, which could cause high CPU or GPU usage
-in some terminal emulators. The refresh rate is now 10 fps to conserve energy.
-For some terminal emulators, the lower rate is also necessary to allow selecting
-text in the terminal.
+Progress bars were previously updated at 60 frames per second, which
+could cause high CPU or GPU usage in some terminal emulators.
+
+The refresh rate is now 10 FPS to conserve energy. For some terminal
+emulators, the lower rate is also necessary to allow selecting text
+in the terminal.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5383
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5551
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5440 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5440
index 4ead0d3a6..db76438de 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5440
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5440
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-Enhancement: Override the environment variable `RESTIC_HOST` with `--host`
+Enhancement: Make `--host` override environment variable `RESTIC_HOST`
 
-When the environment variable `RESTIC_HOST` was set, snapshot listings and
-other operations were always filtered to that host. Passing `--host` as an empty
-string (`--host=""` or `--host=`) now overrides `RESTIC_HOST` and shows
-snapshots from all hosts. The same override applies to commands that support
-snapshot filters, including `snapshots`, `forget`, `find`, `stats`, `copy`,
-`tag`, `repair snapshots`, `rewrite`, `mount`, `restore`, `dump`, and `ls`.
+Previously, when the environment variable `RESTIC_HOST` was set, snapshot
+listings and other operations were always filtered to that host.
+
+Passing `--host` as an empty string (`--host=""` or `--host=`) now overrides
+`RESTIC_HOST` and shows snapshots from all hosts.
+
+The same override applies to other commands that support snapshot filters,
+including `snapshots`, `forget`, `find`, `stats`, `copy`, `tag`,
+`repair snapshots`, `rewrite`, `mount`, `restore`, `dump`, and `ls`.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5440
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5541
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5453 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5453
index 0007db5e2..be2f6c686 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5453
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5453
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Enhancement: `copy` copies snapshots in batches
+Enhancement: Copy multiple snapshots in batches
 
-The `copy` command used to copy snapshots one at a time, even when that
-produced pack files smaller than the target pack size. That led to many small
+The `copy` command used to copy snapshots one at a time, even when doing so
+produced pack files smaller than the target pack size. This led to many small
 files when copying small incremental snapshots.
 
-The `copy` command now copies multiple snapshots together so small pack files
-are avoided where possible.
+The `copy` command now copies multiple snapshots together so that small pack
+files are avoided where possible.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5453
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5472
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5477 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5477
index c43aeacab..dd5f278ec 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5477
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5477
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Bugfix: Password prompt was sometimes not shown for `backup -v`
 
-The repository password prompt could be hidden when running the `backup -v`
-command. This has been fixed.
+The repository password prompt could be hidden when running the
+`backup -v` command. This has now been fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5477
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5554
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5487 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5487
index 7cafc87e2..ec663be35 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5487
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5487
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Bugfix: Mark files read-only when using the SFTP backend
+Bugfix: Mark repository files read-only when using the SFTP backend
 
 Files created through the SFTP backend previously stayed writable. New files now
 get read-only permissions where the server supports `chmod`.
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5531 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5531
index c1606e598..fc189aa4d 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5531
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5531
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Restic previously used Azure PutBlock and PutBlockList for every upload, which
 cost two storage transactions per file and roughly doubled transaction charges
 for repositories with many pack files.
 
-Files up to 256 MiB now use PutBlob, a single transaction per file, cutting
-typical transaction costs about in half. Larger blobs still use block uploads as
-required by Azure.
+Files up to 256 MiB now use PutBlob, requiring only a single transaction per
+file and cutting typical transaction costs by about half. Larger blobs still
+use block uploads as required by Azure.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5531
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5544
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5586 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5586
index 5f5a25090..2e5eba691 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5586
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5586
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Bugfix: Correctly handle `snapshots --group-by` with `--latest`
 
 For the `snapshots` command, `--latest` did not interact correctly with a
-non-default `--group-by` value. That combination now behaves as intended.
+non-default `--group-by` value. This combination now behaves as intended.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5586
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5601
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5595 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5595
index b75c3c7a7..7146c49f5 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5595
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5595
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Bugfix: Avoid spurious `chmod` errors when unlocking on file backends
+Bugfix: Avoid spurious `chmod` errors on certain file backends
 
-On filesystems that do not support `chmod` (for example CIFS or FUSE-mounted WebDAV),
-restic 0.18.0 failed to remove stale locks with the error `chmod …: operation not supported`.
-This has been fixed.
+On filesystems that do not support `chmod` (for example CIFS or FUSE-mounted
+WebDAV), restic since version 0.18.0 failed to remove stale locks, throwing
+the error `chmod ...: operation not supported`. This has now been fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5595
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5596
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5683 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5683
index b6a3f422c..0c7c99388 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5683
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5683
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Bugfix: Prevent `backup --stdin-from-command` from hanging
 
 When using `--stdin-from-command`, the `backup` command could hang until
 manually cancelled if the backup stopped before all subprocess output was
-consumed, for example after a failed upload to the repository. This has been
-fixed.
+consumed, for example after a failed upload to the repository. This has
+now been fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5683
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21829
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5689 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5689
index a5d4de01a..4b171ad23 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5689
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5689
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Enhancement: Show progress for `stats`
+Enhancement: Show more detailed progress for `stats`
 
 The `stats` command used to show progress only while loading the index. During
 the scan it printed only `scanning...` with no further updates. It now reports
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5757 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5757
index 9ce395eb5..3e15e88bc 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5757
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5757
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Bugfix: Respect `--user` and `--host` in `key passwd`
 
-The `key passwd` command ignored the `--user` and `--host` options
-and always stored the new key with the current user and host name.
-It now honors those options.
+The `key passwd` command previously ignored the `--user` and
+`--host` options and always stored the new key with the current
+user and host name. These options are now honored.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5757
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21781
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5767 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5767
index d7001f7aa..24b970ec9 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5767
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5767
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 Change: Prevent excluding paths explicitly passed to `backup`
 
-When `restic backup --exclude-if-present .git /home/user/data` was run and
-`/home/user/.git` existed, restic excluded the `data` directory from the
-snapshot. The same applied to `--exclude-caches` or `--one-file-system`. Similarly,
-`restic backup --exclude-larger-than 1M large-file.bin` produced an empty
-snapshot when the file was larger than one megabyte.
+When e.g. `restic backup --exclude-if-present .git /home/user/data` was run
+and `/home/user/.git` existed, restic excluded the `data` directory from the
+snapshot. The same applied to `--exclude-caches` or `--one-file-system`.
+
+Similarly, `restic backup --exclude-larger-than 1M large-file.bin` produced
+an empty snapshot when the file was larger than one megabyte.
 
 The `backup` command now tracks which files and directories were specified on
 the command line and does not apply excludes to those paths. Content inside a
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-21784 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21784
index 67020fed9..a2bc0ffa3 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-21784
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21784
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Bugfix: Support exporting a `restic mount` of a Windows system via Samba
+Bugfix: Support serving a `restic mount` of a Windows system via Samba
 
 A repository mounted using `restic mount` on a POSIX system could not use
-Samba to export files from restic backups of Windows systems. Backups of
-other systems were not affected. This has been fixed.
+Samba to serve files from backups of Windows systems, while backups of
+non-Windows systems could be served successfully. This has now been fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2034
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4382
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-21796 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21796
index 47c15feb7..cacf9c28f 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-21796
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21796
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Change: Update dependencies and require Go 1.25 or newer
 
-Dependencies have been updated. Building restic now requires Go 1.25 or newer.
-The Windows build with Go 1.26 was also fixed.
+Dependencies have been updated. Building restic now requires
+Go 1.25 or newer. The Windows build with Go 1.26 was also fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/21791
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5619
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-21827 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21827
index 92dae1e2f..0a4e3a4c8 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-21827
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21827
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-Bugfix: `repair packs` correctly handles pack files missing from the index
+Bugfix: Correctly handle pack files missing from the index
 
 The `repair packs` command was unable to salvage blobs from a pack file if
 the pack file was not contained in the index or the index entry was incomplete.
-The command now uses both the information contained in the index and the
-pack file header.
+
+The command now uses information from both the index and the pack file header.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/21820
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21827
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5319 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5319
index 7b12d9e21..941625494 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5319
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5319
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Enhancement: Add status counters to `copy` in verbose text output
 
-`restic copy` now prints additional counters in text mode when `--verbose` is
-set: blobs to copy, their on-disk size, and how many pack files are read from
-the source repository.
+The `copy` command now prints additional counters in text mode when
+`--verbose` is set: blobs to copy, their on-disk size, and the number
+of pack files read from the source repository.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5175
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5319
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5424 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5424
index a1630873c..2bffaa7ee 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5424
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5424
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Enhancement: Enable Windows filesystem privileges before file access
 
-Restic enabled some Windows filesystem privileges only while reading or writing
-security descriptors. Extended attributes could be read before enabling the backup
-privilege, possibly resulting in missed data or errors.
+Restic used to enable some Windows filesystem privileges only while reading
+or writing security descriptors. Extended attributes could therefore be read
+before enabling the backup privilege, possibly resulting in missed data or
+errors.
 
 Restic now enables the relevant filesystem privileges before any file access.
 
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5448 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5448
index a407d8db7..757fa5618 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5448
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5448
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-Enhancement: Configure nice and ionice in the official Docker image
+Enhancement: Support configuring `nice` and `ionice` in the Docker image
 
 The container entrypoint now reads optional scheduling hints from the
 environment:
 
-The environment variable `NICE` sets the process nice value (see `man nice`).
+- The environment variable `NICE` sets the process nice value (see `man nice`).
 
-The environment variable `IONICE_CLASS` selects the I/O scheduling class (see
+- The environment variable `IONICE_CLASS` selects the I/O scheduling class (see
 `man ionice`). Real-time classes need the `SYS_NICE` capability added to the
 container.
 
-The environment variable `IONICE_PRIORITY` sets the priority within
-`IONICE_CLASS` and has no effect unless `IONICE_CLASS` is set; it defaults to `4`
-(neutral priority).
+- The environment variable `IONICE_PRIORITY` sets the priority within
+`IONICE_CLASS` and has no effect unless `IONICE_CLASS` is set; it defaults to
+`4` (neutral priority).
 
-Further detail:
+For further details, please see:
 https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/020_installation.html#docker-container
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5448
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5465 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5465
index bf8182b05..0691c80ed 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5465
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5465
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Bugfix: Correctly restore ACL inheritance state on Windows
 
-Since security descriptor backups were added in restic 0.17.0, Access Control Entry
-inheritance was not restored correctly on Windows: restored permissions were always marked
-as explicit (not inherited) even when they were inherited from a parent folder.
+Since security descriptor backups were added in restic 0.17.0, Access Control
+Entry inheritance was not restored correctly on Windows; restored permissions
+were always marked as explicit (not inherited) even when they were inherited
+from a parent folder.
 
-Now the inheritance flags are correctly applied when restoring the security
-descriptor, so the original permission structure is preserved.
+The inheritance flags are now correctly applied when restoring the security
+descriptor, preserving the original permission structure.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5427
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5465
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5523 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5523
index 2341bde99..e39cf8f3d 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5523
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5523
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Enhancement: Add Open Container Initiative labels to `Dockerfile.release`
+Enhancement: Add Open Container Initiative labels to release Docker image
 
-The release Docker image now includes OCI-style image annotation labels, which
-helps external tooling identify the image.
+The release Docker image now includes OCI-style image annotation labels,
+which helps external tooling identify the image.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5523
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5610 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5610
index 5ea95d124..fcb6227de 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5610
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5610
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Enhancement: Reduce memory use in `check`, `copy`, `diff`, and `stats`
+Enhancement: Reduce `check`, `copy`, `diff` and `stats` memory usage
 
-The `check`, `copy`, `diff`, and `stats` commands use less memory when handling
-large snapshots.
+The `check`, `copy`, `diff` and `stats` commands now use less memory
+when handling large snapshots.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5610
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5664 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5664
index 8bcd18908..b760a14d2 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5664
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5664
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Bugfix: `restic find --pack` now lists blobs for tree packs
+Bugfix: Make `find --pack` list blobs for tree packs
 
-`restic find --pack <tree-pack>` now reports blobs for packs that only contain
-tree blobs.
+The `find --pack <tree-pack>` command now also reports
+blobs for packs that only contain tree blobs.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5280
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5664
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5718 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5718
index c0babde21..d1d80b26c 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5718
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5718
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-Enhancement: Stricter early validation of the `mount` mountpoint
+Enhancement: Stricter and earlier validation of the `mount` point
 
-`restic mount` could accept invalid mountpoints that resulted in an error after
-loading the repository. The mountpoint must now name a directory the current user can
-access and write to. This is now checked before opening the repository.
+The `mount` command previously accepted invalid mount points, resulting in an
+error after loading the repository. The specified mount point must now refer to
+a directory that the current user can access and write to, and this check is
+performed before opening the repository.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5718
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5720 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5720
index 5ae0af8ed..d7fc3f0b2 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5720
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5720
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-Enhancement: Speed up index loading
+Enhancement: Significantly speed up index loading
 
-Loading the index for a large repository is now significantly faster. The
-`mount` command now also loads the index once at startup and then only loads
+Loading the index for a large repository is now significantly faster. Also,
+the `mount` command now loads the index once at startup and then only loads
 new index files as they appear. It also loads snapshots before printing that
 the repository is being served.
 
-https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5720
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5713
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5720