diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-horizon-apache-wsgi-parameters-282d4e07126663a6.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-horizon-apache-wsgi-parameters-282d4e07126663a6.yaml
index b4cf841f26c281c12675e8c1ed0b7026112f311b..10105116028ff900756eb12b1e0a0d164770284b 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/add-horizon-apache-wsgi-parameters-282d4e07126663a6.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-horizon-apache-wsgi-parameters-282d4e07126663a6.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Added parameters ``horizon_wsgi_processes`` and ``horizon_wsgi_threads`` to configure
-    the number of processes and threads of WSGI in the Horizon container.
+    Adds variables ``horizon_wsgi_processes`` and ``horizon_wsgi_threads`` to
+    configure the number of processes and threads for WSGI in the Horizon
+    container.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-internal-network-tls-configuration-cf9704812f113281.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-internal-network-tls-configuration-cf9704812f113281.yaml
index be9bdb7fc37e2c5a2f177aa9fc0a413a6f3a732f..c7e71b33ada0adced308fd173cad605b819971f7 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/add-internal-network-tls-configuration-cf9704812f113281.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-internal-network-tls-configuration-cf9704812f113281.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Added configuration parameters ``kolla_enable_tls_internal``,
+    Adds configuration variables ``kolla_enable_tls_internal``,
     ``kolla_internal_fqdn_cert``, and ``kolla_internal_fqdn_cacert`` to
-    optionally enable TLS encryption for openstack endpoints on the internal
-    network.
+    optionally enable TLS encryption for OpenStack endpoints on the internal
+    API network.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-neutron-custom-dnsmasq-conf-bba1ac18df0dccd4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-neutron-custom-dnsmasq-conf-bba1ac18df0dccd4.yaml
index fdcce30206fa0e1436bd62e315203c3a4eac9cc8..05b32d7c951adb76f670036f9e73f5774bfb462e 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/add-neutron-custom-dnsmasq-conf-bba1ac18df0dccd4.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-neutron-custom-dnsmasq-conf-bba1ac18df0dccd4.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    The ``dnsmasq.conf`` configuration file used by the Neutron DHCP agent can be
-    overwritten by ``{{ node_custom_config}}/neutron/dnsmasq.conf`` or
+    Adds support for overriding the ``dnsmasq.conf`` configuration file used by
+    the Neutron DHCP agent via
+    ``{{ node_custom_config}}/neutron/dnsmasq.conf`` or
     ``{{ node_custom_config }}/neutron/{{ inventory_hostname }}/dnsmasq.conf``.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-qinling-role-99d96102837b21f4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-qinling-role-99d96102837b21f4.yaml
index b2fcdb981cb6f4288c538d6743565ea9e096b064..579220e4f2ba68e0b0d306b12ec06dea1ffa4fe0 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/add-qinling-role-99d96102837b21f4.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-qinling-role-99d96102837b21f4.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 features:
-  - Adds Qinling Ansible role. Qinling is an OpenStack project
-    to provide "Function as a Service". This project aims to
-    provide a platform to support serverless functions.
+  - Adds support for deploying Qinling. Qinling is an OpenStack project to
+    provide "Function as a Service". This project aims to provide a platform to
+    support serverless functions.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ansible-min-2.5-7fa76f625bf9f359.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ansible-min-2.5-7fa76f625bf9f359.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 24bd47b24376a7656dd5fd6e6774f5fb8a229ba8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/releasenotes/notes/ansible-min-2.5-7fa76f625bf9f359.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-upgrade:
-  - |
-    Updates the minimum required version of Ansible to 2.5.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/docker-daemon.json-33d7618aa5a355a8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/docker-daemon.json-33d7618aa5a355a8.yaml
index cd0c4aa3c2f733215c3e59398a137d80ecf7c8c8..2cc31a80530d5a264b35b9bf8e04fd0dcfa6a4e4 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/docker-daemon.json-33d7618aa5a355a8.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/docker-daemon.json-33d7618aa5a355a8.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Add custom option for docker daemon by altering "docker_custom_config"
-    variable (json formatted).
+    Adds support for providing custom configuration options for the Docker
+    daemon via the ``docker_custom_config`` variable (JSON formatted).
 
 upgrade:
   - |
-    Docker engine configuration changes are now done in
-    "/etc/docker/daemon.json" file instead of altering systemd unit (which
-    gets removed if present). Also "docker_custom_option" got replaced by
-    "docker_custom_config" variable (json formatted).
+    Docker engine configuration changes are now applied in
+    ``/etc/docker/daemon.json`` file instead of altering the systemd unit
+    (which gets removed if present).
 
 deprecations:
   - |
-    Configuring Docker daemon by "docker_custom_option" (used in systemd unit
-    file) is deprecated in favour of "docker_custom_config" variable (stored in
-    "daemon.json" config file.
+    Configuring Docker daemon via ``docker_custom_option`` (used in systemd
+    unit file) is deprecated in favour of ``docker_custom_config`` variable
+    which adds options to ``/etc/docker/daemon.json``.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/enable-influxdb-tsi-858cc95e99605107.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/enable-influxdb-tsi-858cc95e99605107.yaml
index 5ae348c550c1a09b57cfee6444ce9537127cbdd9..6a17a687acee8e639322fd7746d8c240db8a81d8 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/enable-influxdb-tsi-858cc95e99605107.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/enable-influxdb-tsi-858cc95e99605107.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 upgrade:
-  - InfluxDB TSI has been enabled by default. It is recommended for all
+  - InfluxDB TSI is now enabled by default. It is recommended for all
     customers by InfluxData. If you do not want to enable it you can set
-    the variable 'influxdb_enable_tsi' to 'False' in 'globals.yml'.
+    the variable ``influxdb_enable_tsi`` to ``False`` in ``globals.yml``.
     Instructions to migrate existing data to the new, disk based format
     can be found at
     https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/administration/upgrading/
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/freezer-backend-531eececd69c0cd4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/freezer-backend-531eececd69c0cd4.yaml
index 71aa964f4f328fc6023d732b0063f15eafaf418e..c47de8e3e4b32657961a3aa334004fa23e4baaf5 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/freezer-backend-531eececd69c0cd4.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/freezer-backend-531eececd69c0cd4.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 upgrade:
   - |
-    Freezer now use MariaDB as default backend for database.
+    Freezer now uses MariaDB as the default database backend.
 
     Elasticsearch remains as an optional backend due to the requirement of
     Freezer to use Elasticsearch version 2.3.0. Elasticsearch in kolla-ansible
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/masakari-ddd930cf5db5f713.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/masakari-ddd930cf5db5f713.yaml
index 3277ac14da0c5a8005542d5d1817419349091c55..efa2d8b5b22309e2f122e600baa6013fafbe2645 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/masakari-ddd930cf5db5f713.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/masakari-ddd930cf5db5f713.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 ---
 features:
-  - Ansible role and shared configuration to deploy
-    Masakari with Kolla-ansible.
+  - Adds support for deploying Masakari, the instance high availability service.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/new-variable-designate-coordination-backend-741ec71946e7567e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/new-variable-designate-coordination-backend-741ec71946e7567e.yaml
index b0239ff97b63f7068368a82a392395a4d56fa911..dbd90a21e5a6b169cc673e069f685fea10846aa0 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/new-variable-designate-coordination-backend-741ec71946e7567e.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/new-variable-designate-coordination-backend-741ec71946e7567e.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Designate coordination backend can now be configured via the
-    designate_coordination_backend variable. Coordination is mandatory
+    Adds support for configuring a coordination backend for Designate via the
+    ``designate_coordination_backend`` variable. Coordination is mandatory
     when multiple workers are deployed as in a multinode environment.
-    Possible values are redis or etcd.
+    Possible values are ``redis`` or ``etcd``.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/prometheus-blackbox-exporter-ee096376656c3751.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/prometheus-blackbox-exporter-ee096376656c3751.yaml
index 7a8bed2b4bfc0b947536cd1f8e99b3a0124188bd..be0f9815f6901e10a186cfbe124d23926d9024b7 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/prometheus-blackbox-exporter-ee096376656c3751.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/prometheus-blackbox-exporter-ee096376656c3751.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Prometheus blackbox exporter
+    Adds support for deploying Prometheus blackbox exporter
 
     An example blackbox-exporter module has been added (disabled by default)
     called os_endpoint. This allows for the probing of endpoints over HTTP
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-cinder-hnas_iscsi-backend-03e6242227b9184c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-cinder-hnas_iscsi-backend-03e6242227b9184c.yaml
index eb86beb885d6565a1c19da721bfde19884b83655..05869c6454df7c4f6a70157a49606500817b5918 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/remove-cinder-hnas_iscsi-backend-03e6242227b9184c.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-cinder-hnas_iscsi-backend-03e6242227b9184c.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 deprecations:
   - |
-    Remove the ``hnas_iscsi`` cinder backend. The Hitachi NAS Platform
+    Removes the ``hnas_iscsi`` cinder backend. The Hitachi NAS Platform
     iSCSI driver was `marked as not supported by Cinder
     <https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/cinder/ocata.html#deprecation-notes>`_
     in the Ocata release.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-heat-engine-environment-file-5f1320011b00099d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-heat-engine-environment-file-5f1320011b00099d.yaml
index f358487d25329441f170aa9eea43763da8aa2d01..0edb5fd732dd7fe4b656991459f3938e70f50ae9 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/remove-heat-engine-environment-file-5f1320011b00099d.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-heat-engine-environment-file-5f1320011b00099d.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ upgrade:
   - |
     The Heat role has stopped disabling deprecated plugins. To apply this
     change to existing deployments, the file
-    ```/etc/kolla/heat-engine/_deprecated.yaml`` is automatically removed
+    ``/etc/kolla/heat-engine/_deprecated.yaml`` is automatically removed
     during the upgrade.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-legacy-docker-3c7d6b9568474e3a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-legacy-docker-3c7d6b9568474e3a.yaml
index 84927c086e6a8c0f18f6b0fb493deea573e037f4..c3f7687dff2908ac392b4ca2ae6693bb127b35d6 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/remove-legacy-docker-3c7d6b9568474e3a.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-legacy-docker-3c7d6b9568474e3a.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 upgrade:
   - |
-    Removes support for using the legacy Docker packages, and the variable
-    ``docker_legacy_packages``. Docker is now always installed using the
-    Community Edition (CE) packages.
+    Removes support for installing Docker using the legacy Docker packages, and
+    the variable ``docker_legacy_packages``. Docker is now always installed
+    using the Community Edition (CE) packages.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/standard-oslo-messaging-sections-4769da25bc58aa02.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/standard-oslo-messaging-sections-4769da25bc58aa02.yaml
index 45dc048a52ae11f6f4acc9556ea3782725a9d208..0e21a5cc6288b7ecb6931beec6bb4c4ecb18a8a2 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/standard-oslo-messaging-sections-4769da25bc58aa02.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/standard-oslo-messaging-sections-4769da25bc58aa02.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Standard method to execute the configuration of "oslo_messaging" sections
-upgrade:
-  - |
-    The ``enable_cadf_notifications`` variable is deprecated. CADF is the default
-    notification format in keystone. To enable keystone notifications, users should
-    now set ``keystone_default_notifications_topic_enabled`` to ``yes`` or enable
-    Ceilometer via ``enable_ceilometer``.
+    Adds a standardised method to configure notifications for different services.
 deprecations:
   - |
     The ``enable_cadf_notifications`` variable is deprecated. CADF is the default
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/support_extra_volumes-0598122ed90c8d02.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/support_extra_volumes-0598122ed90c8d02.yaml
index 50c1504a9230eed6151c7a1eb4d121dc75e5f50a..79aa7969adc96b11dc05ca2f87121103403d7534 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/support_extra_volumes-0598122ed90c8d02.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/support_extra_volumes-0598122ed90c8d02.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Adds support for configuring the extra volumes.
-    Split container volumes into `<service_name>_default_volumes` and `<service_name>_extra_volumes`.
+    Adds support for configuring additional Docker volumes for Kolla
+    containers.  These are configured via ``<service_name>_extra_volumes``.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/swift-multi-policies-28bc322b54a82bf9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/swift-multi-policies-28bc322b54a82bf9.yaml
index 5e331228374c29210197a9dc85d40485e9a341e8..3cacf42e786316fd0d663f2a3992159fc3027c9d 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/swift-multi-policies-28bc322b54a82bf9.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/swift-multi-policies-28bc322b54a82bf9.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Add a new variable to be used by the swift role, ``swift_extra_ring_files``.
+    Adds a new variable to be used by the swift role, ``swift_extra_ring_files``.
     It allows to pass additional ring files to be deployed in the context of
     a multi-policy setup.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/swift-recon-91592dd93526f1a8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/swift-recon-91592dd93526f1a8.yaml
index 2e703989f5f127299e7a868945423d43a61ab56e..f6a112e351ad0368b8bb658ab6a6f2f5fab7015d 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/swift-recon-91592dd93526f1a8.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/swift-recon-91592dd93526f1a8.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Enable Swift Recon
+    Adds support for Swift Recon.
 
     Adds the necessary configuration to the Swift account, container
     and object configuration files to enable the Swift recon cli.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/trusted-cacert-3c7061e974b5187d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/trusted-cacert-3c7061e974b5187d.yaml
index d873f204d94287bbb04f5fbf4083e8c828abf996..92dcd683495454868a909bc6793bf250a6c1c294 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/trusted-cacert-3c7061e974b5187d.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/trusted-cacert-3c7061e974b5187d.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Add support for configuration of trusted CA certificate file.
+    Adds support for configuration of a trusted CA certificate file.
     CA bundle file must be added to both the Horizon and Kolla Toolbox
     containers for this to work correctly.