diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e3da7e2ef5..1e04cb42e4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-5544.	[func]		Restore the default value of nocookie-udp-size to 4096.
-			[GL #2250]
+5544.	[func]		Restore the default value of "nocookie-udp-size" to 4096
+			bytes. [GL #2250]
 
 5541.	[func]		Adjust the "max-recursion-queries" default from 75 to
 			100. [GL #2305]
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 5539.	[bug]		Tighten handling of missing DNS COOKIE responses over
 			UDP by falling back to TCP. [GL #2275]
 
-5534.	[bug]		The synthesised CNAME from a DNAME was incorrectly
+5534.	[bug]		The CNAME synthesized from a DNAME was incorrectly
 			followed when the QTYPE was CNAME or ANY. [GL #2280]
 
 	--- 9.11.25 released ---