Minor edits to the 2.4 change log.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1013c0a954f..ada8144c3c3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ and many bug fixes.
 
 New features and API changes:
 
-* Allow cursors to keep their position across transaction boundaries. That is
-  WT_SESSION::begin and WT_SESSION::commit no longer reset cursors. [#1181]
+* Cursors keep their position across transaction boundaries. That is
+  WT_SESSION::begin_transaction and WT_SESSION::commit_transaction no longer
+  reset cursors. [#1181]
 
-* Add ground work to support building WiredTiger on Windows.
+* Change cursor behavior so that when an operation returns WT_NOTFOUND, the
+  cursor is now left pointing to the original key/value pair. [#1209]
+
+* Initial support for building WiredTiger on Windows.
 
 * Add ability to customize a collator for specific data sources or with
   application managed metadata. See upgrading documentation for more
@@ -18,8 +22,8 @@ New features and API changes:
 * Enhance extension mechanism in WiredTiger to support loading extensions from
   the application binary - not just a separate library. [#1174]
 
-* Replace WT_SESSION::create lsm=(merge_threads) configuration option with
-  wiredtiger_open lsm_manager=(worker_thread_max). See upgrading documentation
+* Replace WT_SESSION::create "lsm=(merge_threads)" configuration option with
+  ::wiredtiger_open "lsm_manager=(worker_thread_max)". See upgrading documentation
   for more information.
 
 * Enhancements to the WiredTiger Python API build process. [#1188]
@@ -27,8 +31,8 @@ New features and API changes:
 * Add ability to dump and load WiredTiger databases in JSON format. [#1154]
 
 * Add ability to automatically checkpoint based on the volume of log records
-  generated since the last checkpoint. Enabled using wiredtiger_open
-  configuration option of the form: "checkpoint=(log_size=size)" [#1170]
+  generated since the last checkpoint.  This is enabled using the
+  ::wiredtiger_open configuration option "checkpoint=(log_size=size)" [#1170]
 
 * Enhance functionality allowing users to write content into the WiredTiger
   transaction log. [#1171][#1175]
@@ -40,19 +44,16 @@ Other significant changes:
 
 * Fix several bugs in the shared cache implementation. [#1180][#1176]
 
-* Fix a bug where WiredTiger could overwrite the public URI field in a cursor.
-  [#1235]
+* Fix a bug where the public URI field in a cursor did not match the string
+  passed to WT_SESSION::open_cursor. [#1235]
 
-* Fix several bugs in salvage implementation. [#1222][#1169]
+* Fix several bugs in salvage. [#1222][#1169]
 
 * Several bug fixes and enhancements for WT_CONNECTION::reconfigure.
   [#1214][#1172]
 
-* Fix several bugs in raw compression implementation. Relevant for data that
-  compresses extremely well. [#1191]
-
-* Fix a bug in cursors. When an operation returns WT_NOTFOUND, the cursor is
-  now left pointing to the original key/value pair. [#1209]
+* Fix several bugs in raw compression implementation, particularly for data
+  that compresses extremely well. [#1191]
 
 * Several bug fixes and enhancements to WiredTiger LevelDB interface.