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diff --git a/Help/release/3.20.rst b/Help/release/3.20.rst
index 4a3ff70..0f0d67b 100644
--- a/Help/release/3.20.rst
+++ b/Help/release/3.20.rst
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ Commands
* The :command:`cmake_path` command was added for operations on
filesystem paths.
-* The :command:`configure_file` command gained a ``USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS``
- and ``FILE_PERMISSIONS`` option to support copying of permissions of source
- file and specifying user defined permissions.
+* The :command:`configure_file` command gained ``USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS``
+ and ``FILE_PERMISSIONS`` options to support copying of permissions of the
+ source file and using specified permissions respectively.
-* The :command:`file(GENERATE)` command gained ``NEWLINE_STYLE`` option to
- support newline style of the generated file.
+* The :command:`file(GENERATE)` command gained a ``NEWLINE_STYLE`` option to
+ specify how newlines are handled for the generated file.
* The :command:`file(GENERATE)` command gained ``NO_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS``,
- ``USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS``, and ``FILE_PERMISSIONS`` options to support
- permissions of the generated file.
+ ``USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS``, and ``FILE_PERMISSIONS`` options for controlling
+ the permissions of the generated file.
* The :command:`install(FILES)` command ``RENAME`` option learned to
support :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`.
@@ -169,14 +169,14 @@ Modules
-------
* The :module:`ExternalData` module :command:`ExternalData_Add_Target`
- function gained a ``SHOW_PROGRESS <bool>`` option to suppress progress
- output during the build.
+ function gained a ``SHOW_PROGRESS <bool>`` option for controlling whether
+ or not to show progress output during the build.
* The :module:`ExternalProject` module :command:`ExternalProject_Add` function
- gained a ``CONFIGURE_HANDLED_BY_BUILD`` option to have subsequent runs of
- the configure step be triggered by the build step when an external project
- dependency rebuilds instead of always rerunning the configure step when
- an external project dependency rebuilds.
+ gained a ``CONFIGURE_HANDLED_BY_BUILD`` option. This can be used to make
+ subsequent runs of the configure step be triggered by the build step when
+ an external project dependency rebuilds instead of always re-running the
+ configure step in such cases.
* The :module:`FindBoost` module gained a ``Boost_NO_WARN_NEW_VERSIONS``
option to silence the warning about unknown dependencies for new
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ CPack
resolving private library dependencies when using
``dpkg-shlibdeps``.
-* The :cpack_gen:`CPack IFW Generator` gained new
+* The :cpack_gen:`CPack IFW Generator` gained a new
:variable:`CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_WIZARD_SHOW_PAGE_LIST` variable to
control visibility of the widget listing installer pages on the left side
of the wizard. This feature available only since QtIFW 4.0.
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ CPack
:variable:`CPACK_NSIS_BRANDING_TEXT_TRIM_POSITION` variables to change
the text at the bottom of the install window and change its trim position
-* The :cpack_gen:`CPack NSIS Generator` now handles correctly Unicode characters.
- If you want to have a ``CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE`` with UTF-8 characters
- it needs to be encoded in UTF-8 BOM.
+* The :cpack_gen:`CPack NSIS Generator` now correctly handles Unicode
+ characters. If you want to have a :variable:`CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE`
+ with UTF-8 characters, it needs to be encoded in UTF-8 BOM.
* The :cpack_gen:`CPack NuGet Generator` gained options:
@@ -319,10 +319,12 @@ Other Changes
phase when the required content is already populated and
up-to-date.
-* The precompiled Linux binaries provided on ``cmake.org`` have changed
- their naming pattern to ``cmake-$ver-linux-$arch``, where ``$arch``
- is either ``x86_64`` or ``aarch64``.
+* The precompiled Linux binaries provided on
+ `cmake.org <https://cmake.org/download/>`_ have changed their naming pattern
+ to ``cmake-$ver-linux-$arch``, where ``$arch`` is either ``x86_64`` or
+ ``aarch64``.
-* The precompiled Windows binaries provided on ``cmake.org`` have changed
- their naming pattern to ``cmake-$ver-windows-$arch``, where ``$arch``
- is either ``x86_64`` or ``i386``.
+* The precompiled Windows binaries provided on
+ `cmake.org <https://cmake.org/download/>`_ have changed their naming pattern
+ to ``cmake-$ver-windows-$arch``, where ``$arch`` is either ``x86_64`` or
+ ``i386``.