diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.txt b/core/CHANGELOG.txt
index 55c819f..002cd6e 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 ----------------------
-- Dramatically improved the front end
+- Dramatically improved the front end:
     * Made all built-in themes responsive.
     * Added support for responsive images.
     * Added Twig as the default template engine and converted all .tpl.php
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
       independently from the latest revision, allowing for the creation of
       drafts while the current revision stays published.
     * All entity types, not just nodes, now have support for revisions.
-- Refactored routing system based Symfony2 components.
-- Reworked Menu links / Local actions and tasks based upon the new routing
+- Refactored routing system based on Symfony2 components.
+- Reworked menu links, local actions, and local tasks based upon the new routing
   system.
 - Added plugin system to standardize implementation of several core APIs.
 - Configuration:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
     * Implements functionality to get, set, add and remove configuration.
     * Includes ability to override configuration values with language variants
       and other runtime values.
-    * Supports configuration schema, dependencies and validation to maintain
+    * Supports configuration schema, dependencies, and validation to maintain
       data-integrity between deployments and updates.
 
 - Improved authoring experience:
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
     * Provides a drag-and-drop configuration UI, which automatically updates the
       HTML filter settings, making configuring text formats trivial for typical
       use cases.
-    * Added align and caption filters that can be applied to any element: images
-      but also blockquotes, code snippets, videos…
+    * Added align and caption filters that can be applied to any element:
+      images, blockquotes, code snippets, videos…
     * In-place editing of any entity: nodes, blocks…
 - Included the following Symfony2 components:
     * ClassLoader - PSR-0-compatible autoload routines.
@@ -74,10 +74,9 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
     * Process - Allows for executing commands in a sub-process.
     * Routing - Framework for mapping incoming requests to controller
       information.
-    * Serialization - Allows to serialize complex nested objects into JSON/XML
-      etc.
-    * Validator - Allows to ensure that an object is in a valid state based upon
-      some validation rules defined for it.
+    * Serialization - Serialize complex nested objects into JSON/XML etc.
+    * Validator - Ensure that an object is in a valid state based upon some
+      validation rules defined for it.
     * Yaml - Parser for YAML files.
 - Added routing component from Symfony CMF.
 - Added Guzzle HTTP library.
@@ -175,13 +174,13 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 - Added Views and Views UI module to core:
   * Various core listings: /node, /admin/content/node, /admin/people etc. are
     now served by views.
-  * REST api support built in.
-  * Rewritting caching integration for better performance.
-- Custom blocks are now fieldable, revisionable and translatable entities.
-- An accessible modal API based on improvements made in collaboration with
-  jQuery UI team and the Views UI.
+  * REST API support built in.
+  * Rewrote caching integration for better performance.
+- Custom blocks are now fieldable, revisionable, and translatable entities.
+- An accessible modal API based on improvements made in collaboration with the
+  jQuery UI team and the Views team.
 - Fieldable contact forms allowing site-builders to easily build custom forms
-  for soliticing feedback from users.
+  for soliciting feedback from users.
 - Added a Web Services module package.
     * Added a RESTful web services provider module.
     * Added a serialization module using the Symfony serialization component.
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
       https://phpunit.de/manual/4.8/en/index.html so you can run tests via
       your IDE.
     * Added BrowserTestBase as an alternative to simpletest for browser
-      testing (Javascript support to be included in the future)
+      testing (JavaScript support to be included in the future)
     * Added KernelTestBase to provide a fast API testing of integration of
       different components
     * Core branch nightly tests include PHP 5.5, 5.6, 7, sqlite and PostgreSQL.