diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1495 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1495
index 5aa682efa..b29f0d711 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1495
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1495
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Enhancement: Snapshots are sorted by timestamp in the output of `restic find`
+Enhancement: Sort snapshots by timestamp in `restic find`
 
-The `find` command printed snapshots in an arbitrary order. Now restic prints
-the snapshots sorted by timestamp.
+The `find` command used to print snapshots in an arbitrary order. Restic now
+prints snapshots sorted by timestamp.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1495
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4409
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1759 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1759
index ab5208e3d..6717dfe66 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1759
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1759
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ The `rebuild-index` command has been renamed to `repair index`. The old name
 will still work, but is deprecated.
 
 When a snapshot was damaged, the only option up to now was to completely forget
-the snapshot, even if only some unimportant file was damaged.
+the snapshot, even if only some unimportant files in it were damaged and other
+files were still fine.
 
-We've added a `repair snapshots` command, which can repair snapshots by removing
-damaged directories and missing files contents. Note that using this command
-can lead to (limited) data loss! Please see the "Troubleshooting" section in the
-documentation for more details.
+Restic now has a `repair snapshots` command, which can salvage any non-damaged
+files and parts of files in the snapshots by removing damaged directories and
+missing file contents. Please note that the damaged data may still be lost
+and see the "Troubleshooting" section in the documentation for more details.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1759
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1714
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1926 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1926
index 9f172b1f8..96bc16240 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1926
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1926
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Enhancement: Certificates can be passed through environment variables
+Enhancement: Allow certificate paths to be passed through environment variables
 
-Restic will now read the paths to the certificates from the environment
-variables `RESTIC_CACERT` or `RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT` if `--cacert` or
-`--tls-client-cert` are not specified. 
+Restic will now read paths to certificates from the environment variables
+`RESTIC_CACERT` or `RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT` if `--cacert` or `--tls-client-cert`
+are not specified. 
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1926  
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4384
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-2359 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2359
index 43fa304f1..9a62aedfb 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-2359
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2359
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-Enhancement: Provide multi-platform Docker containers
+Enhancement: Provide multi-platform Docker images
 
-The official Docker containers are now built for the architectures linux/386,
+The official Docker images are now built for the architectures linux/386,
 linux/amd64, linux/arm and linux/arm64.
 
-As an alternative to the Docker Hub, the Docker containers are also
+As an alternative to the Docker Hub, the Docker images are also
 available on ghcr.io, the GitHub Container Registry.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2359
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-2468 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2468
index 60dd3e650..512c5e76a 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-2468
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2468
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Enhancement: Add support for non-global Azure clouds
 
-Restic backups on Azure only supported storages using the global domain
+The `azure` backend previously only supported storages using the global domain
 `core.windows.net`. This meant that backups to other domains such as Azure
 China (`core.chinacloudapi.cn`) or Azure Germany (`core.cloudapi.de`) were
 not supported. Restic now allows overriding the global domain using the 
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3311 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3311
index 0af9ba359..af619b157 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3311
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3311
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Bugfix: Support non-UTF8 paths as symlink target
 
-Restic versions before 0.16.0 did not correctly `backup` and `restore` symlinks
-that contain a non-UTF8 target. Note that this only affects system that still
-use a non-Unicode encoding for filesystem paths.
+Earlier restic versions did not correctly `backup` and `restore` symlinks that
+contain a non-UTF8 target. Note that this only affected systems that still use
+a non-Unicode encoding for filesystem paths.
 
-We have extended the repository format to add support for such symlinks. Please
-note that at least restic version 0.16.0 must be used for both `backup` and
-`restore` to correctly handle non-UTF8 symlink targets.
+The repository format is now extended to add support for such symlinks. Please
+note that snapshots must have been created with at least restic version 0.16.0
+for `restore` to correctly handle non-UTF8 symlink targets when restoring them.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3311
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3802
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3328 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3328
index a8ef76d79..c20ca7ffe 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3328
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3328
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Enhancement: Reduce memory usage by up to 25%
 
+The in-memory index has been optimized to be more GC friendly.
+
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3328
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4352
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4353
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3397 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3397
index 391eeb004..31c5e19fb 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3397
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3397
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Enhancement: Improve the ETA displayed during backup
+Enhancement: Improve accuracy of ETA displayed during backup
 
-Restic's `backup` command displayed an ETA that did not adapt when the rate
-of progress made during the backup changed during the course of the
-backup. Restic now uses recent progress when computing the ETA. It is
-important to realize that the estimate may still be wrong, because restic
-cannot predict the future, but the hope is that the ETA will be more
-accurate in most cases.
+Restic's `backup` command displayed an ETA that did not adapt when the rate of
+progress made during the backup changed during the course of the backup.
+
+Restic now uses recent progress when computing the ETA. It is important to
+realize that the estimate may still be wrong, because restic cannot predict
+the future, but the hope is that the ETA will be more accurate in most cases.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3397
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3563
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3624 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3624
index ce3fe57aa..a2a11d2d4 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3624
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3624
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Enhancement: Keep oldest snapshot when there are not enough snapshots
 
 The `forget` command now additionally preserves the oldest snapshot if fewer
-snapshots are kept than allowed by the `--keep-*` parameters. This maximizes
-amount of history kept while the specified limits are not yet reached.
+snapshots than allowed by the `--keep-*` parameters would otherwise be kept.
+This maximizes the amount of history kept within the specified limits.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3624
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4366
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3698 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3698
index d7bb957e5..95fc6bd69 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3698
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3698
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Enhancement: Add support for Managed / Workload Identity to azure backend
+Enhancement: Add support for Managed / Workload Identity to `azure` backend
 
 Restic now additionally supports authenticating to Azure using Workload
 Identity or Managed Identity credentials, which are automatically injected in
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3871 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3871
index fae63862f..45131bc19 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3871
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3871
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The commands `diff`, `dump`, `ls` and `restore` now support the
 `<snapshot>:<subfolder>` syntax, where `snapshot` is the ID of a snapshot (or
 the string `latest`) and `subfolder` is a path within the snapshot. The
 commands will then only work with the specified path of the snapshot. The
-`subfolder` must be a path to a folder as returned by `ls`. 
+`subfolder` must be a path to a folder as returned by `ls`. Two examples:
 
 `restic restore -t target latest:/some/path`
 `restic diff 12345678:/some/path 90abcef:/some/path`
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3941 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3941
index ebb729837..ff56d52cc 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3941
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3941
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 Enhancement: Support `--group-by` for backup parent selection
 
-The `backup` command by default selected the parent snapshot based on the hostname
-and the backup targets. When the backup path list changed, the `backup` command
-was unable to determine a suitable parent snapshot and had to read all
-files again.
+Previously, the `backup` command by default selected the parent snapshot based
+on the hostname and the backup targets. When the backup path list changed, the
+`backup` command was unable to determine a suitable parent snapshot and had to
+read all files again.
 
 The new `--group-by` option for the `backup` command allows filtering snapshots
 for the parent selection by `host`, `paths` and `tags`. It defaults to
 `host,paths` which selects the latest snapshot with hostname and paths matching
 those of the backup run. This matches the behavior of prior restic versions.
-The `--group-by` option should be set to the same value as passed to
+
+The new `--group-by` option should be set to the same value as passed to
 `forget --group-by`.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3941
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4130 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4130
index 4d5941e77..eeebf2c62 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4130
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4130
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Enhancement: Cancel current command if cache becomes unusable
 
 If the cache directory was removed or ran out of space while restic was
-running, this caused further caching attempts to fail and drastically slow down
-the command execution. Now, the currently running command is canceled instead.
+running, this would previously cause further caching attempts to fail and
+thereby drastically slow down the command execution. Now, the currently running
+command is instead canceled.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4130
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4166
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4159 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4159
index f04ce1251..4ef2fa846 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4159
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4159
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 Enhancement: Add `--human-readable` option to `ls` and `find` commands
 
-Previously, when using the `-l` option with the `ls` and `find` commands,
-the displayed size was always in bytes, without an option for a more
-human readable format such as MiB or GiB.
+Previously, when using the `-l` option with the `ls` and `find` commands, the
+displayed size was always in bytes, without an option for a more human readable
+format such as MiB or GiB.
 
-The new `--human-readable` option will convert longer size values into
-more human friendly values with an appropriate suffix depending on the
-output size. For example, a size of `14680064` will be shown as
-`14.000 MiB`.
+The new `--human-readable` option will convert longer size values into more 
+human friendly values with an appropriate suffix depending on the output size.
+For example, a size of `14680064` will be shown as `14.000 MiB`.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4159
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4351
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4188 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4188
index 6c7c1b0bb..9bd5e6aca 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4188
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4188
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Enhancement: `backup` includes restic version in snapshot metadata
+Enhancement: Include restic version in snapshot metadata
 
-The restic version used to backup a snapshot is now included in its metadata.
-The program version is shown when inspecting a snapshot using `restic cat
-snapshot <snapshotID>`  or `restic snapshots --json`.
+The restic version used to backup a snapshot is now included in its metadata
+and shown when inspecting a snapshot using `restic cat snapshot <snapshotID>`
+or `restic snapshots --json`.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4188
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4378
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4199 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4199
index 25f18e8ca..407fa43c6 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4199
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4199
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-Bugfix: Avoid lock refresh issues with slow network connections
+Bugfix: Avoid lock refresh issues on slow network connections
 
-On network connections with a low upload speed, restic could often fail
-backups and other operations with `Fatal: failed to refresh lock in time`.
-We've reworked the lock refresh to avoid this error.
+On network connections with a low upload speed, backups and other operations
+could fail with the error message `Fatal: failed to refresh lock in time`.
+
+This has now been fixed by reworking the lock refresh handling.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4199
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4304
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4274 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4274
index 96cb0709d..01c5f2177 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4274
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4274
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-Bugfix: Improve lock refresh handling when using standby
+Bugfix: Improve lock refresh handling after standby
 
 If the restic process was stopped or the host running restic entered standby
-during a long running operation such as a backup, this resulted in the
-operation failing with `Fatal: failed to refresh lock in time`. We've reworked
-the lock refresh such that restic first checks whether it is safe to continue
-the current operation and only throws an error if not.
+during a long running operation such as a backup, this previously resulted in
+the operation failing with `Fatal: failed to refresh lock in time`.
+
+This has now been fixed such that restic first checks whether it is safe to
+continue the current operation and only throws an error if not.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4274
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4374
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4201 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4201
index 500bbdbb1..8e4135f39 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4201
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4201
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ Change: Require Go 1.20 for Solaris builds
 
 Building restic on Solaris now requires Go 1.20, as the library used to access
 Azure uses the mmap syscall, which is only available on Solaris starting from
-Go 1.20.
-
-All other platforms continue to build with Go 1.18.
+Go 1.20. All other platforms however continue to build with Go 1.18.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4201
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4220 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4220
index 4fe86cdb9..e832adf49 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4220
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4220
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Enhancement: Add `jq` binary to container image
+Enhancement: Add `jq` binary to Docker image
 
-The Docker container image now contains `jq`, which can be useful to process
-JSON data output by restic.
+The Docker image now contains `jq`, which can be useful to process JSON data
+output by restic.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4220
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4226 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4226
index 8c0e03e73..1e04b35fb 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4226
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4226
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Enhancement: Allow specifying the region of new buckets in the gs backend
+Enhancement: Allow specifying region of new buckets in the `gs` backend
 
-Buckets used by the Google Cloud Storage backend would always get created in
-the "us" region. It is now possible to specify the region where a bucket
-should be created by using the `-o gs.region=us` option.
+Previously, buckets used by the Google Cloud Storage backend would always get
+created in the "us" region. It is now possible to specify the region where a
+bucket should be created by using the `-o gs.region=us` option.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4226
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4318 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4318
index 198b972d3..f13525f96 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4318
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4318
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Bugfix: Correctly clean up status bar output of the `backup` command
 
 Due to a regression in restic 0.15.2, the status bar of the `backup` command
 could leave some output behind. This happened if filenames were printed that
-are wider than the current terminal width. This has been fixed.
+are wider than the current terminal width. This has now been fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4319
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4318
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4400 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4400
index a9aaf6284..bce09842f 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4400
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4400
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Bugfix: Ignore missing folders in REST backend
+Bugfix: Ignore missing folders in `rest` backend
 
 If a repository accessed via the REST backend was missing folders, then restic
 would fail with an error while trying to list the data in the repository. This
-has been fixed.
+has been now fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4400
 https://github.com/restic/rest-server/issues/235