--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-12-22  Reuben Thomas  <rrt@sc3d.org>
+
+	README-release: capitalize a word and split a line
+	* top/README-release: Fix punctuation and spacing.
+
 2012-02-08  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
 	fatal-signal: use C prototypes (with explicit void).

--- a/top/README-release
+++ b/top/README-release
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release.
 
-* start from a clean, up-to-date git directory.
+* Start from a clean, up-to-date git directory:
 
     make -k maintainer-clean || { ./configure && make maintainer-clean; }
     git checkout master
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
   the complete list of tools.
 
 * Ensure that you're on "master" with no uncommitted diffs.
-  This should produce no output: git checkout master; git diff
+  This should produce no output:
+
+    git checkout master; git diff
 
 * Ensure that you've pushed all changes that belong in the release
   and that the NixOS/Hydra autobuilder is reporting all is well: