diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index ea2a680..99592ec 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-              Apache Commons Logging 1.1.2 RELEASE NOTES
+              Apache Commons Logging
+                  Version 1.1.2
+                 RELEASE NOTES
 
-The Commons Logging team is pleased to announce the release of commons-logging-1.1.2-SNAPSHOT
+The Commons Logging team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons Logging 1.1.2
 
 Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable bridging to other,
 well known logging systems.
diff --git a/src/changes/release-notes.vm b/src/changes/release-notes.vm
index f36bd35..82251b6 100644
--- a/src/changes/release-notes.vm
+++ b/src/changes/release-notes.vm
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@
 ## KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 ## specific language governing permissions and limitations
 ## under the License.
-##
-              Apache ${project.name} ${version} RELEASE NOTES
+              Apache ${project.name}
+                  Version ${version}
+                 RELEASE NOTES
 
-The ${developmentTeam} is pleased to announce the release of ${finalName}
+The ${developmentTeam} is pleased to announce the release of Apache ${project.name} ${version}
 
 $introduction.replaceAll("(?<!\015)\012", "
 ").replaceAll("(?m)^ +","")
 
 ## N.B. the available variables are described here:
 ## http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-changes-plugin/examples/using-a-custom-announcement-template.html
-##
 ## Hack to improve layout: replace all pairs of spaces with a single new-line
 $release.description.replaceAll("  ", "
 ")