diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 1440a6753..53e4d7e0b 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ VI.   PROBLEMS CORRECTED AND NEW FEATURES IN PRIOR RELEASES
   I.  P R O B L E M S   C O R R E C T E D   I N   T H I S  R E L E A S E
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-1)  If the variable VERBOSE was exported with a non-zero value then
-    startup would fail.
+1)  If the current environment exported the VERBOSE variable with a
+    non-zero value, then startup would fail.
 
-2)  If a route exists for an entire RFC1918 network (10.0.0.0/24,
-    172.20.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16) then setting
-    NULL_ROUTE_RFC1918=Yes would cause the route to replace with a
+2)  If a route existed for an entire RFC1918 subnet (10.0.0.0/8,
+    172.20.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16), then setting
+    NULL_ROUTE_RFC1918=Yes would cause the route to be replaced with an
     'unreachable' one.
 
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