diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 67a4d758d..003e7f3da 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@
       Electrum.
     Note that Electrum connections to Nostr relays are only initiated
     when the user uses the swap service, and the nostr public key used
-    by the client is ephemeral (servers use a persisted identity).
+    by the client is ephemeral. In contrast, swap providers use a
+    persisted identity.
 
  * Third-party plugins:
-   - Electrum now support the installation of plugins distributed by
-     third parties as ZIP files. While it has long been possible to
+   - Electrum support the installation of plugins distributed by
+     third-parties as ZIP files. While it has long been possible to
      install third-party plugins when running Electrum from python
      sources, the same is now possible when using desktop binaries
      (Windows, MacOS, Linux). Third-party plugins are installed as ZIP
@@ -43,12 +44,12 @@
      administrator permissions on the local machine; a
      password-derived public key must be written in the system.
 
- * Lightning anchor channels (#9264): Since sweeping commitment
-   transaction outputs from anchor channels may require external
-   UTXOs, lightning can no longer be enabled in wallets that do not
-   have a software keystore (hardware wallets, watching-only wallets).
-   Existing wallets that are in that situation cannot create new
-   channels. Anchor channels are the default for new channels.
+ * Lightning anchor channels (#9264): Newly created channels use
+   anchor commitments by default. Since sweeping outputs from anchor
+   channels may require external UTXOs, lightning can no longer be
+   enabled in wallets that do not have a software keystore (hardware
+   wallets, watching-only wallets).  Existing wallets that are in that
+   situation cannot create new channels.
 
  * Wallet unlocking (Qt):
    - Wallets can be unlocked in the Qt GUI. When a password-protected
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
 
  * Transaction batching (Qt): When creating a new payment, if the
    output can be added to an existing mempool transaction, the 'New
-   transaction' window will show a dropdown menu, proposing a list of
+   transaction' window will show a drop-down menu, proposing a list of
    transactions that can be batched with the current payment. This
    replaces the previous 'batch' option checkbox, and gives more
    control to the user.
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@
    - Non-multisig hardware wallet files can be encrypted with a
      password, instead of the hardware device.
    - The option to have a password-protected wallet without file
-     encryption has been removed from the Qt GUI. It is still possible to
-     create such a wallet using the command line
+     encryption has been removed from the Qt GUI. It is still possible
+     to create such a wallet using the command line.
 
  * Lightning address contacts:
    - It is now possible to create contacts with (lnurl type) lightning
@@ -87,10 +88,10 @@
  * Accounting rules: In order to properly handle on-chain transactions
    created by lightning channel force closures, we consider that funds
    successfully redeemed from a script with several possible
-   recipients have never left the final owner's wallet. This avoids
-   having to write balance changes that are to be cancelled later. The
-   corresponding addresses are rendered in the GUI as 'accounting
-   addresses' (in orange).
+   recipients have never left the final recipient's wallet. This
+   avoids having to write balance changes that are cancelled
+   later. The corresponding addresses are rendered in the GUI as
+   'accounting addresses' (in orange).
 
  * New plugins:
    - Nostr Wallet Connect: This plugin allows remote control of
@@ -107,26 +108,26 @@
      documented in the same docstring as the command they belong to.
    - If the --wallet parameter passed to a command is a simple filename,
      it is now interpreted as relative to the users wallets directory,
-     rather than to the current working directory
+     rather than to the current working directory.
    - Plugins may add extra commands to the CLI. Plugin commands must
-     be prefixed with the plugin's internal name
-   - support for hold invoices
-   - support for onion messages
+     be prefixed with the plugin's internal name.
+   - Support for hold invoices.
 
  * Security:
-   - Mitigate against dust attacks; Add option to avoid spending from used addresses
-   - Restrict process memory access on Linux
+   - Mitigate against dust attacks; Add option to avoid spending from
+     used addresses.
+   - Restrict process memory access on Linux.
 
  * Networking:
-   - add single server option
+   - The option to connect to a single server has been added to the GUI.
 
  * Android:
    - Sweep key feature ported to mobile
    - Estimate amount when Max is checked
-   - Properly ask for (notification) permission access
+   - Properly ask for (notification) permission access.
 
  * Hardware wallets:
-   - Coldcard: add feature to upload multisig wallet configuration to Coldcard via USB
+   - Coldcard: add feature to upload multisig wallet configuration to Coldcard via USB.
 
 
 # Release 4.5.8 (Oct 23, 2024)