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commit 22f1a2d5f3f9ec14cdfff687dabc185c78eae6dd
Author: Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Sep 15 08:39:26 2026 -0700

    Javadoc and other documentation.
---
 CONTRIBUTING.md                                    | 10 ++--
 README.md                                          |  4 +-
 .../commons/release/plugin/SharedFunctions.java    | 25 +++++----
 .../mojos/CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo.java   | 30 +++++------
 .../mojos/CommonsDistributionStagingMojo.java      | 62 ++++++++++------------
 .../plugin/mojos/CommonsSiteCompressionMojo.java   | 21 ++++----
 .../plugin/mojos/CommonsStagingCleanupMojo.java    | 18 +++----
 .../commons/release/plugin/mojos/package-info.java |  2 +-
 .../commons/release/plugin/package-info.java       |  2 +-
 .../release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/DsseEnvelope.java     |  2 +-
 .../release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/Statement.java        |  2 +-
 .../velocity/HeaderHtmlVelocityDelegate.java       | 10 ++--
 .../velocity/ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate.java       | 30 +++++------
 .../release/plugin/velocity/package-info.java      |  5 +-
 .../commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt   | 24 ++++-----
 .../commons/release/plugin/velocity/README.vm      |  4 +-
 src/main/scripts/generate-xdocs.mojos.xml          | 14 ++---
 src/site/xdoc/development.xml                      | 39 +++++++-------
 src/site/xdoc/download_release-plugin.xml          |  2 +-
 src/site/xdoc/index.xml                            | 45 ++++++++--------
 src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml                   | 10 ++--
 src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml                       |  2 +-
 src/site/xdoc/vote-txt.xml                         | 12 ++---
 .../commons/release/plugin/stubs/package-info.java |  6 +--
 24 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 196 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 16c7ee7..22c3fb9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 Contributing to Apache Commons Release Plugin
 ======================
 
-Have you found a bug or have an idea for a cool new feature? Contributing code 
is a great way to give something back to the open-source community.
+Have you found a bug or do you have an idea for a cool new feature? 
Contributing code is a great way to give something back to the open-source 
community.
 Before you dig right into the code, we need contributors to follow a few 
guidelines to have a chance of keeping on top of things.
 
 Getting Started
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Getting Started
 
 + Make sure you have a [JIRA account](https://issues.apache.org/jira/).
 + Make sure you have a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup). This is 
not essential, but makes providing patches much easier.
-+ If you're planning to implement a new feature it makes sense to discuss your 
changes on the [dev list](https://commons.apache.org/mail-lists.html) first. 
This way you can make sure you're not wasting your time on something that isn't 
considered to be in Apache Commons Release Plugin's scope.
++ If you're planning to implement a new feature, it makes sense to discuss 
your changes on the [dev list](https://commons.apache.org/mail-lists.html) 
first. This way you can make sure you're not wasting your time on something 
that isn't considered to be in Apache Commons Release Plugin's scope.
 + Submit a [Jira Ticket][jira] for your issue, assuming one does not already 
exist.
   + Clearly describe the issue including steps to reproduce when it is a bug.
   + Make sure you fill in the earliest version that you know has the issue.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Making Changes
 --------------
 
 + Create a _topic branch_ for your isolated work.
-  * Usually you should base your branch from the `master` branch.
+  * Usually you should base your branch on the `master` branch.
   * A good topic branch name can be the JIRA bug ID plus a keyword, e.g. 
`COMMONSSITE-123-InputStream`.
   * If you have submitted multiple JIRA issues, try to maintain separate 
branches and pull requests.
 + Make commits of logical units.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Making Changes
   * For example, `[COMMONSSITE-123] Close input stream sooner`
 + Respect the original code style:
   + Only use spaces for indentation; you can check for unnecessary whitespace 
with `git diff` before committing.
-  + Create minimal diffs - disable _On Save_ actions like _Reformat Source 
Code_ or _Organize Imports_. If you feel the source code should be reformatted 
create a separate PR for this change first.
+  + Create minimal diffs - disable _On Save_ actions like _Reformat Source 
Code_ or _Organize Imports_. If you feel the source code should be reformatted, 
create a separate PR for this change first.
 + Write unit tests that match behavioral changes, where the tests fail if the 
changes to the runtime are not applied. This may not always be possible but is 
a best practice.
 Unit tests are typically in the `src/test/java` directory.
 + Run a successful build using the default [Maven](https://maven.apache.org/) 
goal with `mvn`; that's `mvn` on the command line by itself.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Submitting Changes
 + Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
 + Submit a _Pull Request_ to the corresponding repository in the `apache` 
organization.
   * Verify _Files Changed_ shows only your intended changes and does not
-  include additional files like `target/*.class`
+  include additional files like `target/*.class`.
 + Update your JIRA ticket and include a link to the pull request in the ticket.
 
 If you prefer to not use GitHub, then you can instead use
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 183f325..761a816 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ We accept Pull Requests via GitHub. The [developer mailing 
list](https://commons
 There are some guidelines which will make applying PRs easier for us:
 + No tabs! Please use spaces for indentation.
 + Respect the existing code style for each file.
-+ Create minimal diffs - disable on save actions like reformat source code or 
organize imports. If you feel the source code should be reformatted create a 
separate PR for this change.
++ Create minimal diffs - disable on-save actions like reformatting source code 
or organizing imports. If you feel the source code should be reformatted, 
create a separate PR for this change.
 + Provide JUnit tests for your changes and make sure your changes don't break 
any existing tests by running `mvn`.
 + Before you push a PR, run `mvn` (without arguments). This runs the default 
goal which contains all build checks.
 + To see the code coverage report, regardless of coverage failures, run `mvn 
clean site -Dcommons.jacoco.haltOnFailure=false -Pjacoco`
@@ -115,4 +115,4 @@ Additional Resources
 Apache Commons Components
 -------------------------
 
-Please see the [list of components](https://commons.apache.org/components.html)
+Please see the [list of 
components](https://commons.apache.org/components.html).
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/SharedFunctions.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/SharedFunctions.java
index f983c5e..1ebfc66 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/SharedFunctions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/SharedFunctions.java
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ public final class SharedFunctions {
      * Copies a {@link File} from the <code>fromFile</code> to the 
<code>toFile</code> and logs the failure
      * using the Maven {@link Log}.
      *
-     * @param log The {@link Log}, the maven logger.
+     * @param log The {@link Log}, the Maven logger.
      * @param fromFile The {@link File} from which to copy.
-     * @param toFile The {@link File} to which to copy into.
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if an {@link IOException} or {@link 
NullPointerException} is caught.
+     * @param toFile The destination {@link File}.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an {@link IOException} or 
{@link NullPointerException} is caught.
      */
     public static void copyFile(final Log log, final File fromFile, final File 
toFile) throws MojoExecutionException {
         final String format = "Unable to copy file %s to %s: %s";
@@ -70,10 +70,9 @@ public final class SharedFunctions {
      * Cleans and then initializes an empty directory that is given by the 
<code>workingDirectory</code>
      * parameter.
      *
-     * @param log is the Maven log for output logging, particularly in regards 
to error management.
-     * @param workingDirectory is a {@link File} that represents the directory 
to first attempt to delete then create.
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException when an {@link IOException} or {@link 
NullPointerException} is caught for the
-     *      purpose of bubbling the exception up to Maven properly.
+     * @param log is the Maven log for output logging, particularly with 
regard to error management.
+     * @param workingDirectory is a {@link File} that represents the directory 
to first attempt to delete and then create.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an {@link IOException} or 
{@link NullPointerException} is caught.
      */
     public static void initDirectory(final Log log, final File 
workingDirectory) throws MojoExecutionException {
         final String format = "Unable to remove directory %s: %s";
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ public final class SharedFunctions {
      * @param obj The object reference to check for nullity
      * @param <T> The type of the reference
      * @return {@code obj} if not {@code null}
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if {@code obj} is {@code null}
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if {@code obj} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static <T> T requireNonNull(final T obj) throws 
MojoExecutionException {
         if (obj == null) {
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ public final class SharedFunctions {
      *                NullPointerException} is thrown
      * @param <T> The type of the reference
      * @return {@code obj} if not {@code null}
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if {@code obj} is {@code null}
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if {@code obj} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static <T> T requireNonNull(final T obj, final String message) 
throws MojoExecutionException {
         if (obj == null) {
@@ -147,15 +146,15 @@ public final class SharedFunctions {
      * Checks that the specified object reference is not {@code null} and 
throws a customized {@link MojoExecutionException} if it is.
      * <p>
      * Unlike the method {@link #requireNonNull(Object, String)}, this method 
allows creation of the message to be deferred until after the null check is 
made.
-     * While this may confer a performance advantage in the non-null case, 
when deciding to call this method care should be taken that the costs of 
creating the
-     * message supplier are less than the cost of just creating the string 
message directly.
+     * While this may confer a performance advantage in the non-null case, 
when deciding to call this method, care should be taken that the costs of 
creating
+     * the message supplier are less than the cost of just creating the string 
message directly.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param obj The object reference to check for nullity
      * @param messageSupplier supplier of the detail message to be used in the 
event that a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown
      * @param <T> The type of the reference
      * @return {@code obj} if not {@code null}
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if {@code obj} is {@code null}
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if {@code obj} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static <T> T requireNonNull(final T obj, final Supplier<String> 
messageSupplier) throws MojoExecutionException {
         if (obj == null) {
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ public final class SharedFunctions {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Making the constructor private because the class only contains static 
methods.
+     * Prevents instantiation of this utility class.
      */
     private SharedFunctions() {
         // Utility Class
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo.java
 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo.java
index f953d95..a9ebd6f 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 
 /**
  * The purpose of this Maven mojo is to detach the artifacts generated by the 
maven-assembly-plugin,
- * which for the Apache Commons Project do not get uploaded to Nexus, and 
putting those artifacts
+ * which for the Apache Commons Project do not get uploaded to Nexus, and put 
those artifacts
  * in the dev distribution location for Apache projects.
  *
  * @since 1.0
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo 
extends AbstractMojo {
 
     /**
      * A list of "artifact types" in the Maven vernacular, to
-     * be detached from the deployment. For the time being we want
+     * be detached from the deployment. For the time being, we want
      * all artifacts generated by the maven-assembly-plugin to be detached
      * from the deployment, namely *-src.zip, *-src.tar.gz, *-bin.zip,
-     * *-bin.tar.gz, and the corresponding .asc pgp signatures.
+     * *-bin.tar.gz, and the corresponding .asc PGP signatures.
      */
     private static final Set<String> ARTIFACT_TYPES_TO_DETACH;
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
 
     /**
      * This list is supposed to hold the Maven references to the 
aforementioned artifacts so that we
-     * can upload them to svn after they've been detached from the Maven 
deployment.
+     * can upload them to SVN after they've been detached from the Maven 
deployment.
      */
     private final List<Artifact> detachedArtifacts = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     private final SortedProperties artifactSha512s = new SortedProperties();
 
     /**
-     * The maven project context injection so that we can get a hold of the 
variables at hand.
+     * The Maven project context injection so that we can get a hold of the 
variables at hand.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", required = true)
     private MavenProject project;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     private File workingDirectory;
 
     /**
-     * The subversion staging url to which we upload all of our staged 
artifacts.
+     * The Subversion staging URL to which we upload all of our staged 
artifacts.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "", property = "commons.distSvnStagingUrl")
     private String distSvnStagingUrl;
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo 
extends AbstractMojo {
      * A helper method to copy the newly detached artifacts to 
<code>target/commons-release-plugin</code>
      * so that the {@link CommonsDistributionStagingMojo} can find the 
artifacts later.
      *
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if some form of an {@link IOException} 
occurs, we want it
-     *                                properly wrapped so that Maven can 
handle it.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an {@link IOException} occurs.
      */
     private void copyRemovedArtifactsToWorkingDirectory() throws 
MojoExecutionException {
         final String wdAbsolutePath = workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath();
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo 
extends AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Generates the unique artifact key for storage in our sha512 map. For 
example,
+     * Gets the unique artifact key for storage in our sha512 map. For example,
      * commons-test-1.4-src.tar.gz should have its name as the key.
      *
      * @param artifact The {@link Artifact} that we wish to generate a key for.
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo 
extends AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * A helper method to create a file path for the <code>sha512</code> 
signature file from a given file.
+     * Gets the file path for the <code>sha512</code> signature file for a 
given file.
      *
      * @param directory is the {@link File} for the directory in which to make 
the <code>.sha512</code> file.
      * @param file The {@link File} whose name we should use to create the 
<code>.sha512</code> file.
@@ -219,8 +218,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo 
extends AbstractMojo {
      *  <code>target/commons-release-plugin</code> directory for the purpose 
of being uploaded by
      *  the {@link CommonsDistributionStagingMojo}.
      *
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if some form of an {@link IOException} 
occurs, we want it
-     *                                properly wrapped so that Maven can 
handle it.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an {@link IOException} occurs.
      */
     private void hashArtifacts() throws MojoExecutionException {
         for (final Artifact artifact : detachedArtifacts) {
@@ -245,8 +243,8 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo 
extends AbstractMojo {
     /**
      * Takes an attached artifact and puts the signature in the map.
      *
-     * @param artifact is a Maven {@link Artifact} taken from the project at 
start time of mojo.
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if an {@link IOException} occurs when 
getting the sha512 of the
+     * @param artifact is a Maven {@link Artifact} taken from the project when 
the mojo starts.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an {@link IOException} occurs 
when getting the sha512 of the
      *                                artifact.
      */
     private void putAttachedArtifactInSha512Map(final Artifact artifact) 
throws MojoExecutionException {
@@ -272,9 +270,9 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo 
extends AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes to ./target/commons-release-plugin/sha512.properties the 
artifact sha512's.
+     * Writes the artifacts' SHA-512 hashes to 
./target/commons-release-plugin/sha512.properties.
      *
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if we can't write the file due to an 
{@link IOException}.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an {@link IOException} occurs 
while writing the file.
      */
     private void writeAllArtifactsInSha512PropertiesFile() throws 
MojoExecutionException {
         final File propertiesFile = new File(workingDirectory, 
"sha512.properties");
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionStagingMojo.java
 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionStagingMojo.java
index 1270d30..d34f5cf 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionStagingMojo.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionStagingMojo.java
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
 import org.apache.maven.settings.crypto.SettingsDecrypter;
 
 /**
- * This class checks out the dev distribution location, copies the 
distributions into that directory
- * structure under the <code>target/commons-release-plugin/scm</code> 
directory. Then commits the
- * distributions back up to SVN. Also, we include the built and zipped site as 
well as the RELEASE-NOTES.txt.
+ * Checks out the dev distribution location, copies the distributions into 
that directory
+ * structure under the <code>target/commons-release-plugin/scm</code> 
directory, and commits the
+ * distributions back to SVN. Includes the built and zipped site as well as 
the RELEASE-NOTES.txt file.
  *
  * @since 1.0
  */
@@ -71,42 +71,42 @@ import org.apache.maven.settings.crypto.SettingsDecrypter;
         aggregator = true)
 public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
-    /** The name of file generated from the README.vm velocity template to be 
checked into the dist svn repo. */
+    /** The name of the file generated from the README.vm Velocity template to 
be checked into the dist SVN repo. */
     private static final String README_FILE_NAME = "README.html";
 
-    /** The name of file generated from the HEADER.vm velocity template to be 
checked into the dist svn repo. */
+    /** The name of the file generated from the HEADER.vm Velocity template to 
be checked into the dist SVN repo. */
     private static final String HEADER_FILE_NAME = "HEADER.html";
 
-    /** The name of the signature validation shell script to be checked into 
the dist svn repo. */
+    /** The name of the signature validation shell script to be checked into 
the dist SVN repo. */
     private static final String SIGNATURE_VALIDATOR_NAME = 
"signature-validator.sh";
 
     /**
-     * The {@link MavenProject} object is essentially the context of the maven 
build at
+     * The {@link MavenProject} object is essentially the context of the Maven 
build at
      * a given time.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", required = true)
     private MavenProject project;
 
     /**
-     * The {@link File} that contains a file to the root directory of the 
working project. Typically
+     * The {@link File} representing the root directory of the working 
project. Typically
      * this directory is where the <code>pom.xml</code> resides.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "${basedir}")
     private File baseDir;
 
-    /** The location to which the site gets built during running <code>mvn 
site</code>. */
+    /** The location to which the site gets built when running <code>mvn 
site</code>. */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}/site", property = 
"commons.siteOutputDirectory")
     private File siteDirectory;
 
     /**
      * The main working directory for the plugin, namely 
<code>target/commons-release-plugin</code>, but
-     * that assumes that we're using the default maven 
<code>${project.build.directory}</code>.
+     * that assumes that we're using the default Maven 
<code>${project.build.directory}</code>.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = 
"${project.build.directory}/commons-release-plugin", property = 
"commons.outputDirectory")
     private File workingDirectory;
 
     /**
-     * The location to which to check out the dist subversion repository under 
our working directory, which
+     * The location to which to check out the dist Subversion repository under 
our working directory, which
      * was given above.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = 
"${project.build.directory}/commons-release-plugin/scm",
@@ -120,16 +120,16 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     private File releaseNotesFile;
 
     /**
-     * A boolean that determines whether or not we actually commit the files 
up to the subversion repository.
-     * If this is set to {@code true}, we do all but make the commits. We do 
checkout the repository in question
+     * A boolean that determines whether or not we actually commit the files 
up to the Subversion repository.
+     * If this is set to {@code true}, we do all but make the commits. We do 
check out the repository in question,
      * though.
      */
     @Parameter(property = "commons.release.dryRun", defaultValue = "false")
     private Boolean dryRun;
 
     /**
-     * The url of the subversion repository to which we wish the artifacts to 
be staged. Typically this would need to
-     * be of the form: 
<code>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/foo/version-RC#</code>.
 Note. that
+     * The URL of the Subversion repository to which we wish the artifacts to 
be staged. Typically this would need to
+     * be of the form: 
<code>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/foo/version-RC#</code>.
 Note that
      * the prefix to the substring <code>https</code> is a requirement.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "", property = "commons.distSvnStagingUrl")
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     private String commonsReleaseVersion;
 
     /**
-     * The RC version of the release. For example the first voted on candidate 
would be "RC1".
+     * The RC version of the release. For example, the first release candidate 
would be "RC1".
      */
     @Parameter(property = "commons.rc.version")
     private String commonsRcVersion;
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     private String distServer;
 
     /**
-     * The username for the distribution subversion repository. This is 
typically your Apache id.
+     * The username for the distribution Subversion repository. This is 
typically your Apache ID.
      */
     @Parameter(property = "user.name")
     private String username;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
 
     /**
      * A subdirectory of the dist directory into which we are going to stage 
the release candidate. We
-     * build this up in the {@link CommonsDistributionStagingMojo#execute()} 
method. And, for example,
+     * build this up in the {@link CommonsDistributionStagingMojo#execute()} 
method. For example,
      * the directory should look like 
<code>https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/text/1.4-RC1</code>.
      */
     private File distRcVersionDirectory;
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Builds up <code>README.html</code> and <code>HEADER.html</code> that 
reside in following.
+     * Builds up <code>README.html</code> and <code>HEADER.html</code> that 
reside in the following directory structure:
      * <ul>
      *     <li>distRoot
      *     <ul>
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
      * </ul>
      *
      * @return The {@link List} of created files above
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if an {@link IOException} occurs in the 
creation of these
-     *                                files fails.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an {@link IOException} occurs 
while creating these files.
      */
     private List<File> buildReadmeAndHeaderHtmlFiles() throws 
MojoExecutionException {
         final List<File> headerAndReadmeFiles = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -286,9 +285,9 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
      *                           
<code>target/commons-release-plugin/scm</code> directory.
      * @param provider is the {@link ScmProvider} that we will use for adding 
the files we wish to commit.
      * @param repository is the {@link ScmRepository} that we will use for 
adding the files that we wish to commit.
-     * @return A {@link List} of {@link File}'s in the directory for the 
purpose of adding them to the maven
+     * @return A {@link List} of {@link File} objects in the directory for the 
purpose of adding them to the Maven
      *         {@link ScmFileSet}.
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if an {@link IOException} occurs so that 
Maven can handle it properly.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an {@link IOException} occurs.
      */
     private List<File> 
copyDistributionsIntoScmDirectoryStructureAndAddToSvn(final File 
copiedReleaseNotes,
                                                                              
final ScmProvider provider,
@@ -332,8 +331,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
      * @param headerFile The originally created <code>HEADER.html</code> file.
      * @param readmeFile The originally created <code>README.html</code> file.
      * @return A {@link List} of created files.
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if the {@link 
SharedFunctions#copyFile(Log, File, File)}
-     *                                fails.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if {@link 
SharedFunctions#copyFile(Log, File, File)} fails.
      */
     private List<File> copyHeaderAndReadmeToSubdirectories(final File 
headerFile, final File readmeFile)
             throws MojoExecutionException {
@@ -363,8 +361,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
      *         directory for the purpose of adding it to the scm change set in 
the method
      *         {@link 
CommonsDistributionStagingMojo#copyDistributionsIntoScmDirectoryStructureAndAddToSvn(File,
      *         ScmProvider, ScmRepository)}.
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if an {@link IOException} occurs as a 
wrapper so that maven
-     *                                can properly handle the exception.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an {@link IOException} occurs 
while copying the file.
      */
     private File copyReleaseNotesToWorkingDirectory() throws 
MojoExecutionException {
         SharedFunctions.initDirectory(getLog(), distRcVersionDirectory);
@@ -379,7 +376,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
      * 
<code>${basedir}/target/commons-release-plugin/scm/signature-validator.sh</code>.
      *
      * @return The {@link File} for the signature-validator.sh
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if an error occurs while the resource is 
being copied
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an error occurs while copying 
the resource.
      */
     private File copySignatureValidatorScriptToScmDirectory() throws 
MojoExecutionException {
         final Path scmTargetPath = 
Paths.get(distRcVersionDirectory.toString(), SIGNATURE_VALIDATOR_NAME);
@@ -396,9 +393,9 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     /**
      * Copies <code>${basedir}/target/site</code> to 
<code>${basedir}/target/commons-release-plugin/scm/site</code>.
      *
-     * @return The {@link List} of {@link File}'s contained in
+     * @return The {@link List} of {@link File} objects contained in
      *         <code>${basedir}/target/commons-release-plugin/scm/site</code>, 
after the copy is complete.
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException if the site copying fails for some 
reason.
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException Thrown if an error occurs while copying 
the site.
      */
     private List<File> copySiteToScmDirectory() throws MojoExecutionException {
         if (!siteDirectory.exists()) {
@@ -499,7 +496,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Lists all directories and files to a flat list.
+     * Lists all directories and files in a flat list.
      *
      * @param directory {@link File} containing directory to list
      * @param files A {@link List} of {@link File} to which to append the 
files.
@@ -518,8 +515,7 @@ public final class CommonsDistributionStagingMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * This method is the setter for the {@link 
CommonsDistributionStagingMojo#baseDir} field, specifically
-     * for the usage in the unit tests.
+     * Sets the {@link CommonsDistributionStagingMojo#baseDir} field for use 
in unit tests.
      *
      * @param baseDir is the {@link File} to be used as the project's root 
directory when this mojo
      *                is invoked.
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsSiteCompressionMojo.java
 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsSiteCompressionMojo.java
index 9026748..9468636 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsSiteCompressionMojo.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsSiteCompressionMojo.java
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 public final class CommonsSiteCompressionMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
     /**
-     * The working directory for the plugin which, assuming the maven uses the 
default
-     * <code>${project.build.directory}</code>, this becomes 
<code>target/commons-release-plugin</code>.
+     * The working directory for the plugin, which is 
<code>target/commons-release-plugin</code> when Maven uses
+     * the default <code>${project.build.directory}</code>.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = 
"${project.build.directory}/commons-release-plugin",
             property = "commons.outputDirectory")
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ public final class CommonsSiteCompressionMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     private File siteDirectory;
 
     /**
-     * The url of the subversion repository to which we wish the artifacts to 
be staged. Typically
+     * The URL of the Subversion repository to which we wish the artifacts to 
be staged. Typically
      * this would need to be of the form:
-     * 
<code>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/foo</code>. Note. 
that the prefix to the
+     * 
<code>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/foo</code>. Note 
that the prefix to the
      * substring <code>https</code> is a requirement.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "", property = "commons.distSvnStagingUrl")
@@ -92,14 +92,13 @@ public final class CommonsSiteCompressionMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Given the <code>directoryToZip</code> we add the <code>file</code> to 
the ZIP archive represented by
+     * Given the <code>directoryToZip</code>, we add the <code>file</code> to 
the ZIP archive represented by
      * <code>zos</code>.
      *
-     * @param directoryToZip A {@link File} representing the directory from 
which the file exists that we are
-     *                       compressing. Generally this is 
<code>target/site</code>.
+     * @param directoryToZip A {@link File} representing the directory 
containing the file to compress. Generally, this is <code>target/site</code>.
      * @param file A {@link File} to add to the {@link ZipOutputStream} 
<code>zos</code>.
      * @param zos The {@link ZipOutputStream} to which to add our 
<code>file</code>.
-     * @throws IOException Thrown if adding the <code>file</code> doesn't work 
out properly.
+     * @throws IOException Thrown if an error occurs while adding the 
<code>file</code> to the ZIP archive.
      */
     private void addToZip(final File directoryToZip, final File file, final 
ZipOutputStream zos) throws IOException {
         try (InputStream fis = Files.newInputStream(file.toPath())) {
@@ -149,8 +148,8 @@ public final class CommonsSiteCompressionMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * By default this method iterates across the <code>target/site</code> 
directory and adds all the files
-     * to the {@link CommonsSiteCompressionMojo#filesToCompress} {@link List}.
+     * Gets all site files and adds them to the {@link 
CommonsSiteCompressionMojo#filesToCompress} {@link List}.
+     * This method searches the <code>target/site</code> directory by default.
      *
      * @param siteDirectory The {@link File} that represents the 
<code>target/site</code> directory.
      * @param filesToCompress The {@link List} to which to add all the files.
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ public final class CommonsSiteCompressionMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
      *                       <code>target/site</code>).
      * @param fileList The list of files to be zipped up, generally generated 
by
      *                 {@link CommonsSiteCompressionMojo#getAllSiteFiles(File, 
List)}.
-     * @throws IOException when the copying of the files goes incorrectly.
+     * @throws IOException Thrown if an error occurs while copying the files.
      */
     private void writeZipFile(final File outputDirectory, final File 
directoryToZip, final List<File> fileList)
             throws IOException {
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsStagingCleanupMojo.java
 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsStagingCleanupMojo.java
index afbb891..e27c9ab 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsStagingCleanupMojo.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsStagingCleanupMojo.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.settings.crypto.SettingsDecrypter;
 
 /**
  * This class checks out the dev distribution location, checks whether 
anything exists in the
- * distribution location, and if it is non-empty it deletes all the resources 
there.
+ * distribution location, and, if it is non-empty, deletes all the resources 
there.
  *
  * @since 1.6
  */
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.settings.crypto.SettingsDecrypter;
 public final class CommonsStagingCleanupMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
     /**
-     * The {@link MavenProject} object is essentially the context of the maven 
build at
+     * The {@link MavenProject} object is essentially the context of the Maven 
build at
      * a given time.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", required = true)
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ public final class CommonsStagingCleanupMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
 
     /**
      * The main working directory for the plugin, namely 
<code>target/commons-release-plugin</code>, but
-     * that assumes that we're using the default maven 
<code>${project.build.directory}</code>.
+     * that assumes that we're using the default Maven 
<code>${project.build.directory}</code>.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = 
"${project.build.directory}/commons-release-plugin", property = 
"commons.outputDirectory")
     private File workingDirectory;
 
     /**
-     * The location to which to checkout the dist subversion repository under 
our working directory, which
+     * The location to which to check out the dist Subversion repository under 
our working directory, which
      * was given above. We then do an SVN delete on all the directories in 
this repository.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = 
"${project.build.directory}/commons-release-plugin/scm-cleanup",
@@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ public final class CommonsStagingCleanupMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     private File distCleanupDirectory;
 
     /**
-     * A boolean that determines whether or not we actually commit the files 
up to the subversion repository.
-     * If this is set to {@code true}, we do all but make the commits. We do 
checkout the repository in question
+     * A boolean that determines whether or not we actually commit the files 
up to the Subversion repository.
+     * If this is set to {@code true}, we do all but make the commits. We do 
check out the repository in question,
      * though.
      */
     @Parameter(property = "commons.release.dryRun", defaultValue = "false")
     private Boolean dryRun;
 
     /**
-     * The url of the subversion repository to which we wish the artifacts to 
be staged. Typically this would need to
-     * be of the form: 
<code>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/foo/version-RC#</code>.
 Note. that
+     * The URL of the Subversion repository to which we wish the artifacts to 
be staged. Typically this would need to
+     * be of the form: 
<code>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/foo/version-RC#</code>.
 Note that
      * the prefix to the substring <code>https</code> is a requirement.
      */
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "", property = "commons.distSvnStagingUrl")
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public final class CommonsStagingCleanupMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
     private String distServer;
 
     /**
-     * The username for the distribution subversion repository. This is 
typically your Apache id.
+     * The username for the distribution Subversion repository. This is 
typically your Apache ID.
      */
     @Parameter(property = "user.name")
     private String username;
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/package-info.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/package-info.java
index 8ad0962..8e1c816 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/package-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/package-info.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * This package contains all the maven mojos for the commons-release-plugin. 
Currently
+ * This package contains all the Maven mojos for the commons-release-plugin. 
Currently,
  * this only has the following mojos:
  * <ul>
  *     <li>{@link 
org.apache.commons.release.plugin.mojos.CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo},</li>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/package-info.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/package-info.java
index c00f5a2..f7887dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/package-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/package-info.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Base package for the commons-release-plugin. It should contain only classes
- * that are used across all sub-packages. For now the only class in this 
package
+ * that are used across all sub-packages. For now, the only class in this 
package
  * is:
  * <ul>
  *     <li>{@link org.apache.commons.release.plugin.SharedFunctions}</li>
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/DsseEnvelope.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/DsseEnvelope.java
index c0ce9cb..685cb57 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/DsseEnvelope.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/DsseEnvelope.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class DsseEnvelope {
     /**
      * Gets the serialized payload bytes.
      *
-     * <p>When serialized to JSON the bytes are Base64-encoded.</p>
+     * <p>When serialized to JSON, the bytes are Base64-encoded.</p>
      *
      * @return The payload bytes, or {@code null} if not set.
      */
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/Statement.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/Statement.java
index b3d35b2..ce91203 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/Statement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/slsa/v1_2/Statement.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class Statement {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Type of JSON object.
+     * Gets the JSON object type.
      *
      * @return Always {@value TYPE}.
      */
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/HeaderHtmlVelocityDelegate.java
 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/HeaderHtmlVelocityDelegate.java
index fe811f2..c929350 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/HeaderHtmlVelocityDelegate.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/HeaderHtmlVelocityDelegate.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeConstants;
 import org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.ClasspathResourceLoader;
 
 /**
- * This class' purpose is to generate the <code>HEADER.html</code> that moves 
along with the
+ * This class's purpose is to generate the <code>HEADER.html</code> that moves 
along with the
  * release for the sake of downloading the release from the distribution area.
  *
  * @since 1.3
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public final class HeaderHtmlVelocityDelegate {
         }
     }
 
-    /** The location of the velocity template for this class. */
+    /** The location of the Velocity template for this class. */
     private static final String TEMPLATE = 
"resources/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/HEADER.vm";
 
     /**
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ public final class HeaderHtmlVelocityDelegate {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Builds the HEADER.vm velocity template to the writer passed in.
+     * Renders the HEADER.vm Velocity template to the supplied writer.
      *
-     * @param writer any {@link Writer} that we wish to have the filled 
velocity template written to.
-     * @return The {@link Writer} that we've filled out the template into.
+     * @param writer any {@link Writer} that we wish to have the filled 
Velocity template written to.
+     * @return The {@link Writer} to which the template was rendered.
      */
     public Writer render(final Writer writer) {
         final VelocityEngine ve = new VelocityEngine();
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate.java
 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate.java
index 940c0cb..ad3273e 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeConstants;
 import org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.ClasspathResourceLoader;
 
 /**
- * This class' purpose is to generate the <code>README.html</code> that moves 
along with the
+ * This class's purpose is to generate the <code>README.html</code> that moves 
along with the
  * release for the sake of downloading the release from the distribution area.
  *
  * @since 1.3
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ public final class ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate {
      */
     public static final class ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegateBuilder {
 
-        /** The maven artifactId to use in the <code>README.vm</code> 
template. */
+        /** The Maven artifactId to use in the <code>README.vm</code> 
template. */
         private String artifactId;
 
-        /** The maven version to use in the <code>README.vm</code> template. */
+        /** The Maven version to use in the <code>README.vm</code> template. */
         private String version;
 
-        /** The site url to use in the <code>README.vm</code> template. */
+        /** The site URL to use in the <code>README.vm</code> template. */
         private String siteUrl;
 
         /**
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ public final class ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Adds the artifactId to the {@link ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate}.
+         * Sets the Maven artifact ID for the {@link 
ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate}.
          *
-         * @param artifactId The {@link String} representing the maven 
artifactId.
+         * @param artifactId The {@link String} representing the Maven 
artifactId.
          * @return The builder to continue building.
          */
         public ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegateBuilder setArtifactId(final String 
artifactId) {
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ public final class ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Adds the siteUrl to the {@link ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate}.
+         * Sets the site URL for the {@link ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate}.
          *
-         * @param siteUrl The site url to be used in the 
<code>README.html</code>
+         * @param siteUrl The site URL to be used in the 
<code>README.html</code>
          * @return The builder to continue building.
          */
         public ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegateBuilder setSiteUrl(final String 
siteUrl) {
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ public final class ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Adds the version to the {@link ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate}.
+         * Sets the version for the {@link ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate}.
          *
-         * @param version The maven version.
+         * @param version The Maven version.
          * @return The builder to continue building.
          */
         public ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegateBuilder setVersion(final String 
version) {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public final class ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate {
      */
     private static final Pattern END_DIGIT = Pattern.compile(".+\\d$");
 
-    /** The location of the velocity template for this class. */
+    /** The location of the Velocity template for this class. */
     private static final String TEMPLATE = 
"resources/org/apache/commons/release/plugin"
                                          + "/velocity/README.vm";
 
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ public final class ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate {
         return new ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegateBuilder();
     }
 
-    /** This is supposed to represent the maven artifactId. */
+    /** This is supposed to represent the Maven artifactId. */
     private final String artifactId;
 
-    /** This is supposed to represent the maven version of the release. */
+    /** This is supposed to represent the Maven version of the release. */
     private final String version;
 
-    /** The url of the site that gets set into the <code>README.html</code>. */
+    /** The URL of the site that gets set into the <code>README.html</code>. */
     private final String siteUrl;
 
     /**
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public final class ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Renders the <code>README.vm</code> velocity template with the variables 
constructed with the
+     * Renders the <code>README.vm</code> Velocity template with the variables 
constructed with the
      * {@link ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegateBuilder}.
      *
      * @param writer is the {@link Writer} to which we wish to render the 
<code>README.vm</code> template.
diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/package-info.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/package-info.java
index f0684f4..825fd90 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/package-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/package-info.java
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * Contains classes that take our velocity templates and render's them to a 
{@link java.io.Writer}
- * class.
+ * Contains classes that render Velocity templates to a {@link java.io.Writer}.
  * <p>
- * The main reason for velocity templates are to fill out the following files 
that get deployed alongside:
+ * The Velocity templates generate the following files, which are deployed 
alongside the release:</p>
  * <ul>
  *     <li><code>HEADER.html</code></li>
  *     <li><code>README.html</code></li>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt 
b/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt
index f09f6db..f0a39a2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.txt
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ Subject: [VOTE] Release @NAME@ @VERSION@ based on @RC@
 We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since the release of @NAME@ 
@BC@, so I would like to release @NAME@ @VERSION@.
 
 @NAME@ @VERSION@ @RC@ is available for review here:
-    @DISTURL@ (svn revision @RCREV@)
+    @DISTURL@ (SVN revision @RCREV@)
 
 The Git tag @TAGNAME@ commit for this RC is @TAGCOMMIT@, which you can browse 
here:
     
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-@[email protected];a=commit;h=@TAGCOMMIT@
-You may checkout this tag using:
+You may check out this tag using:
     git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-@[email protected] --branch 
@TAGNAME@ @TAGNAME@
 
 Maven artifacts are here:
@@ -98,43 +98,43 @@ You can validate a release from a release candidate (RC) 
tag as follows.
 
 @DISTURL@/source
 
-1b) Check out the RC tag from git (optional)
+1b) Check out the RC tag from Git (optional)
 
-This is optional,  as a reviewer must at least check source distributions.
+This is optional, as a reviewer must at least check source distributions.
 
 git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-@[email protected] --branch 
@TAGNAME@ @TAGNAME@
 cd @TAGNAME@
 
-2) Checking the build
+2) Check the build
 
 All components should include a default Maven goal, such that you can run 
'mvn' from the command line by itself.
 
-2) Check Apache licenses
+3) Check Apache licenses
 
 This step is not required if the site includes a RAT report page, which you 
then must check.
 This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can check it 
with:
 
 mvn apache-rat:check
 
-3) Check binary compatibility
+4) Check binary compatibility
 
 This step is not required if the site includes a JApiCmp report page, which 
you then must check.
 This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can check it 
with:
 
 mvn verify -DskipTests -P japicmp japicmp:cmp
 
-4) Build the package
+5) Build the package
 
 This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can check it 
with:
 
 mvn -V clean package
 
-You can record the Maven and Java version produced by -V in your VOTE reply.
+You can record the Maven and Java versions produced by -V in your VOTE reply.
 To gather OS information from a command line:
 Windows: ver
 Linux: uname -a
 
-4b) Check reproducibility
+6) Check reproducibility
 
 To check that a build is reproducible, run:
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ mvn clean verify artifact:compare -DskipTests 
-Dreference.repo=https://repositor
 
 Note that this excludes SPDX files from the check.
 
-5) Build the site for a single module project
+7) Build the site for a single-module project
 
 Note: Some plugins require the components to be installed instead of packaged.
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Check the site reports in:
 - Windows: target\site\index.html
 - Linux: target/site/index.html
 
-6) Build the site for a multi-module project
+8) Build the site for a multi-module project
 
 mvn site
 mvn site:stage
diff --git 
a/src/main/resources/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/README.vm 
b/src/main/resources/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/README.vm
index 20711dc..d581001 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/README.vm
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/velocity/README.vm
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 <p><font color="red" size="+2">Note:</font>
     The tar files in the distribution use GNU tar extensions
-    and must be untarred with a GNU compatible version of tar. The version
-    of tar on Solaris and Mac OS X will not work with these files</p>
+    and must be untarred with a GNU-compatible version of tar. The version
+    of tar on Solaris and Mac OS X will not work with these files.</p>
 
 <a name="changes"><h2>Changes</h2></a>
 
diff --git a/src/main/scripts/generate-xdocs.mojos.xml 
b/src/main/scripts/generate-xdocs.mojos.xml
index b349031..e516cc7 100644
--- a/src/main/scripts/generate-xdocs.mojos.xml
+++ b/src/main/scripts/generate-xdocs.mojos.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <mojo>
       <goal>vote-txt</goal>
       <call>vote-txt</call>
-      <description>Apache Commons Release Mojo: Generate VOTE.txt 
file.</description>
+      <description>Apache Commons Release Mojo: Generate a VOTE.txt 
file.</description>
       <requiresProject>true</requiresProject>
       <parameters>
         <parameter>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
           <readonly>false</readonly>
           <defaultValue>${commons.jira.id}</defaultValue>
           <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <description>The external JIRA id for the project (alphabetic, upper 
case.)</description>
+          <description>The external JIRA ID for the project (alphabetic, 
uppercase).</description>
         </parameter>
         <parameter>
           <name>commons.componentid</name>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
           <readonly>true</readonly>
           <defaultValue>${commons.componentid}</defaultValue>
           <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <description>The commons component id.</description>
+          <description>The Commons component ID.</description>
         </parameter>
         <parameter>
           <name>commons.jira.pid</name>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
           <readonly>false</readonly>
           <defaultValue>${commons.jira.pid}</defaultValue>
           <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <description>The internal JIRA id for the project 
(numeric.)</description>
+          <description>The internal JIRA ID for the project 
(numeric).</description>
         </parameter>
         <parameter>
           <name>commons.rc.version</name>
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
           <readonly>false</readonly>
           <defaultValue>${commons.bc.version}</defaultValue>
           <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <description>The version of the latest release of the project this 
candidate should have binary compatibility.</description>
+          <description>The version of the latest release of the project with 
which this candidate should be binary compatible.</description>
         </parameter>
         <parameter>
           <name>commons.release.version</name>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
           <readonly>false</readonly>
           <defaultValue>${commons.release.subdir}</defaultValue>
           <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <description>Subdirectory (instead of source/binaries.)</description>
+          <description>Subdirectory (instead of source/binaries).</description>
         </parameter>
         <parameter>
           <name>commons.releaseManagerName</name>
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
           <readonly>false</readonly>
           <defaultValue>${commons.nexus.repo.id}</defaultValue>
           <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <description>The Nexus repository ID on 
https://repository.apache.org/, usually a four digit number.
+          <description>The Nexus repository ID on 
https://repository.apache.org/, usually a four-digit number.
           This is the value after 
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-
           </description>
         </parameter>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/development.xml b/src/site/xdoc/development.xml
index 187e9cd..313d9db 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/development.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/development.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
     <section name="New Mojos">
 
       <p>
-        Each Mojo is a java file that extends <code>AbstractMojo</code> that 
contains an annotation specifying
-        the goal name for the mojo and the maven lifecycle phase that it 
executes under by default. For, example
+        Each mojo is a Java class that extends <code>AbstractMojo</code> and 
contains an annotation specifying
+        the goal name for the mojo and the Maven lifecycle phase in which it 
executes by default. For example, the following class
 <source><![CDATA[
 package org.apache.commons.release.plugin.mojos;
 
@@ -45,19 +45,18 @@ package org.apache.commons.release.plugin.mojos;
 public class CommonsDistributionDetachmentMojo extends AbstractMojo {
   .....
 }]]></source>
-        specifies the goal <code>commons-release:detach-distributions</code> 
that is to occur during the VERIFY maven
-        lifecycle.
+        specifies the goal <code>commons-release:detach-distributions</code> 
that is to occur during the VERIFY phase of the Maven lifecycle.
       </p>
 
       <p>
-        The variables in the mojo that are declared as private with the 
annotations <code>@Parameter</code> get
-        imported to the Mojo by the existent maven variables or the declared 
<code>&lt;configuration&gt;</code>. For
+        The variables in the mojo that are declared as private with the 
annotation <code>@Parameter</code> are
+        initialized from existing Maven variables or the declared 
<code>&lt;configuration&gt;</code>. For
         example, we have a boolean variable named <code>dryRun</code> declared 
as:
 <source><![CDATA[
 @Parameter(property = "commons.release.dryRun", defaultValue = "false")
 private Boolean dryRun;
 ]]></source>
-        that can be configured by
+        that can be configured as follows:
 <source><![CDATA[
 <plugin>
   <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -68,8 +67,8 @@ private Boolean dryRun;
   </configuration>
 </plugin>]]></source>
 
-        And, because we've set the <code>property here</code> (as in the 1.1 
release), you can, on the command line,
-        use the following <code>-Dcommons.release.dryRun=true</code>.
+        Because we've set the <code>property</code> here (as in the 1.1 
release), you can use
+        <code>-Dcommons.release.dryRun=true</code> on the command line.
       </p>
 
     </section>
@@ -77,12 +76,12 @@ private Boolean dryRun;
     <section name="Unit testing">
 
       <p>
-        We've declared mock maven poms in the <code>resources</code> directory 
of the <code>src/test</code> folder,
-        under which we've stored in subdirectories corresponding to the names 
of the mojos that they are testing. All
-        variables that you wish to be available to your mojo must be 
specifically declared in the mock pom file. For
-        example, we need to use the already existent <code>MavenProject</code> 
in the maven runtime by instead, in a
-        test package declaring a class extending <code>MavenProjectStub</code> 
that returns values we wish to be used
-        in testing. We then add this to our pom in the following declaration 
of the plugin:
+        We've declared mock Maven POMs in the <code>resources</code> directory 
of the <code>src/test</code> folder,
+        stored in subdirectories corresponding to the names of the mojos that 
they are testing. All
+        variables that you wish to be available to your mojo must be 
specifically declared in the mock POM file. For
+        example, we can supply a <code>MavenProject</code> to the Maven 
runtime by declaring a class in a
+        test package that extends <code>MavenProjectStub</code> and returns 
the values we wish to use
+        in testing. We then add this to our POM in the following declaration 
of the plugin:
         <source><![CDATA[
 <plugin>
   <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ private Boolean dryRun;
     <distSvnStagingUrl>mockDistSvnStagingUrl</distSvnStagingUrl>
   </configuration>
 </plugin>]]></source>
-        Also note here we are declaring other values that we are using in the 
testing of the plugin. We then retrieve
+        Also note that we are declaring other values that we are using in the 
testing of the plugin. We then retrieve
         our instantiated mojo by declaring a <code>MojoRule</code> in our test 
class,
 <source><![CDATA[
 @Rule
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ public MojoRule rule = new MojoRule() {
     protected void after() {
     }
 };]]></source>
-        and then retrieve the mojo by newing up a <code>File</code> pointed to 
the path of the mock pom, and then
+        and then retrieve the mojo by creating a <code>File</code> pointing to 
the mock POM and then
         making the following call:
 <source><![CDATA[
 mojo = (CommonsSiteCompressionMojo) rule.lookupMojo("compress-site", testPom);
@@ -120,12 +119,12 @@ mojo = (CommonsSiteCompressionMojo) 
rule.lookupMojo("compress-site", testPom);
 
       <p>
         Maven ships with a debugger under the hood. It is suggested that you 
have a sandbox project in which you can
-        run the goals or the plugin configuration. Once you have that set up 
you can run something like
+        run the goals or the plugin configuration. Once you have that set up, 
you can run something like
         <source><![CDATA[
 mvnDebug commons-release:detach-distributions
 ]]></source>
-        which exposes a remote debugger on port 8000 and halts the maven 
process until you attach a remote debugger
-        to that port. Once you have a remote debugger attached the maven 
process continues and stops at any
+        which exposes a remote debugger on port 8000 and halts the Maven 
process until you attach a remote debugger
+        to that port. Once you have a remote debugger attached, the Maven 
process continues and stops at any
         breakpoints that you have set up in your project.
       </p>
 
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_release-plugin.xml 
b/src/site/xdoc/download_release-plugin.xml
index d038933..bb93add 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_release-plugin.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_release-plugin.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         It is essential that you
         <a href="https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html";>verify the 
integrity</a>
         of downloaded files, preferably using the <code>PGP</code> signature 
(<code>*.asc</code> files);
-        failing that using the <code>SHA512</code> hash (<code>*.sha512</code> 
checksum files).
+        failing that, using the <code>SHA512</code> hash 
(<code>*.sha512</code> checksum files).
       </p>
       <p>
         The <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/KEYS";>KEYS</a>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
index ed9ce8d..53fe098 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
@@ -28,40 +28,39 @@
         <section name="Release Plugin">
 
             <p>
-            This is a <a href="https://maven.apache.org/";>Maven 3.x</a> Plugin 
which is
-            used by <a href="https://commons.apache.org/";>Apache Commons</a> 
releases. See
+            This is a <a href="https://maven.apache.org/";>Maven 3.x</a> plugin 
that is
+            used for <a href="https://commons.apache.org/";>Apache Commons</a> 
releases. See
             the <a href="development.html">Development</a> page for 
information to
             help maintain this plugin.
             </p>
 
-            <p>The main purpose of the plugin is to automate the steps of our, 
namely
-            The Apache Commons Project's, release process. Currently we have 
the mechanics
-            for detaching distribution artifacts (i.e. all <code>tar.gz</code> 
artifacts and
+            <p>The main purpose of the plugin is to automate the steps of the
+            Apache Commons Project's release process. Currently, it supports 
detaching distribution artifacts (i.e., all <code>tar.gz</code> artifacts and
             signatures as well as all <code>.zip</code> artifacts and 
signatures), creating
-            a <code>site.zip</code> file, and staging all of those artifacts 
in a subversion
+            a <code>site.zip</code> file, and staging all of those artifacts 
in a Subversion
             repository (for the most part a subdirectory of
-            <a 
href="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/";>https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/</a>.
-            It can, however, stage to any subversion repository.
+            <a 
href="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/";>https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/</a>).
+            It can, however, stage to any Subversion repository.
             </p>
 
         </section>
 
         <section name="Plugin Goals">
             <p>
-            Available Goals (which are meant to be used together; the only 
reason they are separated is for
+            Available goals (which are meant to be used together; the only 
reason they are separated is for
             code readability):
             </p>
             <ul>
                 <li>
                     <b>commons-release:detach-distributions</b> - Remove
                     <code>tar.gz</code>, <code>tar.gz.asc</code>, 
<code>zip</code>, and <code>zip.asc</code>
-                    files from being uploaded to nexus and copy them to the 
<code>target/commons-release-plugin</code>
+                    files from being uploaded to Nexus and copy them to the 
<code>target/commons-release-plugin</code>
                     directory.
                 </li>
                 <li>
                     <b>commons-release:stage-distributions</b> - Take all 
staged files in the
                     <code>target/commons-release-plugin</code> directory, and 
the <code>RELEASE-NOTES.txt</code> from
-                    the root of the project, and commit them to a specified 
staging subversion repository.
+                    the root of the project, and commit them to a specified 
staging Subversion repository.
                 </li>
                 <li>
                   <a href="vote-txt.html">commons-release:vote-txt</a> 
-Dcommons.nexus.repo.id=nnnn [-Dgit.tag.name] # where nnn is the number 
following orgapachecommons- in the Nexus 'Repository' column
@@ -71,9 +70,9 @@
 
         <section name="Using the plugin">
             <p>
-            Configure the plugin as the last plugin in 
the<code>&lt;build&gt;</code> section of the <code>pom.xml</code>
+            Configure the plugin as the last plugin in the 
<code>&lt;build&gt;</code> section of the <code>pom.xml</code> file.
             </p>
-            <p>This is now done in the Commons Parent POM, so is not needed in 
the component POM.</p>
+            <p>This is now done in the Commons Parent POM, so it is not needed 
in the component POM.</p>
 <source><![CDATA[
 <plugin>
   <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@
 </plugin>
 ]]></source>
             <p>
-            The following properties need to be defined in the component POM 
if not already defined
+            The following properties need to be defined in the component POM 
if they are not already defined:
             </p>
 <source><![CDATA[
     <properties>
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@
 ]]></source>
             <p>
             Ensure your Release Manager details are defined in your Maven 
<code>~/.m2/settings.xml</code> file
-            (These are used by the vote-txt goal)
+            (these are used by the vote-txt goal).
             Properties have to be defined in a profile. For example:
             </p>
 <source><![CDATA[
@@ -141,17 +140,17 @@
 </settings>
 ]]></source>
             <p>
-            After the above configuration performing the release would occur 
by (<i>note.</i> more
-            in depth details can be found at
+            After configuring the plugin as shown above, perform the release 
using the following steps (more
+            in-depth details can be found at
             <a 
href="https://commons.apache.org/releases/prepare.html";>Preparations For A 
Release</a>):
             </p>
             <ol>
               <li>creating our release branch,</li>
               <li>checking compatibility,</li>
               <li>checking your dependencies,</li>
-              <li>checking javadocs and code style,</li>
-              <li>checking the apache license,</li>
-              <li>configure the build to generate a complete set of release 
artifacts,</li>
+              <li>checking Javadocs and code style,</li>
+              <li>checking the Apache license,</li>
+              <li>configuring the build to generate a complete set of release 
artifacts,</li>
               <li>preparing the release notes, updating the download file and 
other autogenerated files,</li>
               <li>tagging the release candidate, and</li>
               <li>
@@ -166,9 +165,9 @@ mvn -Duser.name=<yourApacheId> 
[-Duser.password=<yourApacheIdsPassword] [-Dcommo
             to specify a server definition in Maven <code>settings.xml</code> 
which defines your (encrypted, right?) authentication info.
             </p>
             <p>
-            If the component is new, then, before running this maven command, 
you would want to create
-            the requisite subversion directory 
<code>https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/foo</code>. Notice,
-            that the way to perform a dry run of the release you need to 
include
+            If the component is new, then, before running this Maven command, 
you would want to create
+            the requisite Subversion directory 
<code>https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/foo</code>. Note
+            that to perform a dry run of the release, you need to include
             <code>-Dcommons.release.dryRun=true -Ptest-deploy</code>.
             </p>
         </section>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml b/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml
index 57d9d88..af754a6 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml
@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ limitations under the License.
       </p>
 
       <p>
-      To use JIRA you may need to <a 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Signup!default.jspa";>create an 
account</a>
-      (if you have previously created/updated Commons issues using Bugzilla an 
account will have been automatically
+      To use JIRA, you may need to <a 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Signup!default.jspa";>create an 
account</a>
+      (if you have previously created/updated Commons issues using Bugzilla, 
an account will have been automatically
       created and you can use the <a 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ForgotPassword!default.jspa";>Forgot 
Password</a>
       page to get a new password).
       </p>
 
       <p>
       If you would like to report a bug, or raise an enhancement request with
-      Apache Commons Release Plugin please do the following:
+      Apache Commons Release Plugin, please do the following:
       </p>
       <ol>
         <li><a 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&amp;pid=12310466&amp;component=12312401&amp;sorter/field=issuekey&amp;sorter/order=DESC&amp;status=1&amp;status=3&amp;status=4";>Search
 existing open bugs</a>.
-            If you find your issue listed then please add a comment with your 
details.</li>
+            If you find your issue listed, please add a comment with your 
details.</li>
         <li><a href="mail-lists.html">Search the mailing list archive(s)</a>.
             You may find your issue or idea has already been discussed.</li>
         <li>Decide if your issue is a bug or an enhancement.</li>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       </ul>
 
       <p>
-      For more information on creating patches see the
+      For more information on creating patches, see the
       <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/contributors.html";>Apache 
Contributors Guide</a>.
       </p>
 
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml b/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml
index 053ca82..eb4630c 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         to subscribe.
       </p>
       <p>
-        <strong>Note:</strong> please don't send patches or attachments to any 
of the mailing lists;
+        <strong>Note:</strong> Please don't send patches or attachments to any 
of the mailing lists;
         most of the lists are set up to drop attachments.
         Patches are best handled via the <a href="issue-tracking.html">Issue 
Tracking</a> system.
         If you have a GitHub account, most components also accept PRs (pull 
requests).
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/vote-txt.xml b/src/site/xdoc/vote-txt.xml
index 4ec61ff..8e5e0ac 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/vote-txt.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/vote-txt.xml
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@
                 Execute the goal using the following command: <source>mvn 
commons-release:vote-txt</source>
                 </p>
                 <p>
-                <strong>Note:</strong> The VOTE.txt should be regenerated 
before every release candidate.
+                <strong>Note:</strong> The VOTE.txt file should be regenerated 
before every release candidate.
                 </p>
                 <p>
-                This goal uses the following:
+                This goal works as follows:
                 </p>
                 <ul>
-                    <li>The goal is mapped to the ant script/target using the 
<code>vote-txt</code> mojo definition in the
+                    <li>The goal is mapped to the Ant script/target using the 
<code>vote-txt</code> mojo definition in the
                         <a 
href="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/commons-release-plugin/trunk/src/main/scripts/generate-xdocs.mojos.xml";>generate-xdocs.mojos.xml</a>
 mapping document</li>
-                    <li>Executes the <code>vote-txt</code> target in
+                    <li>Executes the <code>vote-txt</code> target in the
                         <a 
href="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/commons-release-plugin/trunk/src/main/scripts/generate-xdocs.build.xml";>generate-xdocs.build.xml</a>
-                        ant script</li>
+                        Ant script</li>
                     <li>Uses the <a 
href="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/commons-release-plugin/trunk/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/vote-txt-template.md";>vote-txt-template.md</a>
                         template</li>
                     <li>Uses the <a href="vote-txt-mojo.html">goal's (i.e. 
mojo's) parameters</a> to filter values in the template</li>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             </subsection>
             <subsection name="Configuration">
                 <p>
-                To generate a VOTE.txt, the following <a 
href="vote-txt-mojo.html">properties</a>  are configured in the component's 
<code>pom.xml</code>
+                To generate a VOTE.txt file, configure the following <a 
href="vote-txt-mojo.html">properties</a> in the component's 
<code>pom.xml</code>:
                 </p>
                 <ul>
                     <li><b>commons.componentid</b> - Commons component ID</li>
diff --git 
a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/stubs/package-info.java 
b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/stubs/package-info.java
index 7565452..010e63d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/stubs/package-info.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/stubs/package-info.java
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * This package is meant to contain stubbed objects for the maven testing
- * paradigm. These stubs can in turn be used in the poms in the 
<code>src/test/resources</code>
+ * This package is meant to contain stubbed objects for the Maven testing
+ * paradigm. These stubs can in turn be used in the POMs in the 
<code>src/test/resources</code>
  * directory of the project in the implementation block of the declaration of 
the configuration
- * property. The maven unit testing framework then wires this stubbed object 
into the appropriate mojo
+ * property. The Maven unit testing framework then wires this stubbed object 
into the appropriate mojo
  * for testing purposes.
  *
  * @since 1.0

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