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@@ -42,58 +42,68 @@ Committee (PMC).
 
 Thanks for your contributions and participation in the project!
 
-## Columnar format
+## Columnar Format
 
-We've added a new experimental specification for statistics schema. It's useful
-to exchange statistics. See [the statistics schema
+We've added a new experimental specification for representing statistics on
+Arrow Arrays as Arrow Arrays. This is useful for preserving and exchanging
+statistics between systems such as when converting Parquet data to Arrow. See
+[the statistics schema
 documentation](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/StatisticsSchema.html) for
 details.
 
-There's also an expansion of the C Device ABI to include an experimental Async
-Device Stream Interface. While the existing C Device Interface is a
-pull-oriented API, the Async interface provides a push-oriented design for other
-workflows. See the
+We've expanded the Arrow C Device Data Interface to include an experimental
+Async Device Stream Interface. While the existing Arrow C Device Data Interface
+is a pull-oriented API, the Async interface provides a push-oriented design for
+other workflows. See the
 [documentation](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/CDeviceDataInterface.html#async-device-stream-interface)
 for more information. It currently has implementations in the C++ and Go
 libraries.
 
-## Arrow Flight RPC notes
+## Arrow Flight RPC Notes
 
-- The precision of a Timestamp (used for timeouts) is now nanoseconds on all platforms; previously it was platform-dependent. ([#44679](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44679))
-- The Python bindings now support various new fields that were added to FlightEndpoint/FlightInfo (like `expiration_time`). ([#36954](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/36954))
+The precision of a Timestamp (used for timeouts) is now nanoseconds on all
+platforms; previously it was platform-dependent.
+([#44679](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44679))
 
-## C++ notes
+The Python bindings now support various new fields that were added to
+FlightEndpoint/FlightInfo (like `expiration_time`).
+([#36954](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/36954))
 
-### Compute
-
-It is now possible to cast from a struct type to another struct type with
-additional columns, provided the additional columns are nullable (GH-44555).
+## C++ Notes
 
-The compute function `expm1` has been added to compute `exp(x) - 1` with better
-accuracy when the input value is close to 0 (GH-44903).
+### Compute
 
-Hyperbolic trigonometric functions and their reciprocals have also been added
-(GH-44952).
+- It is now possible to cast from a struct type to another struct type with
+additional columns, provided the additional columns are nullable
+([#44555)](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44555).
 
-The new Decimal32 and Decimal64 types have been further supported by allowing
+- The compute function `expm1` has been added to compute `exp(x) - 1` with better
+accuracy when the input value is close to 0
+([#44903](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44903)).
+- Hyperbolic trigonometric functions and their reciprocals have also been added
+([#44952](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44952)).
+- The new Decimal32 and Decimal64 types have been further supported by allowing
 casting between numeric, string, and other decimal types
-([GH-43956](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/43956)).
+([#43956](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/43956)).
 
 ### Acero
 
-Added AVX2 support for decoding row tables in the Swiss join specialization of
+- Added AVX2 support for decoding row tables in the Swiss join specialization of
 hash joins, enabling up to 40% performance improvement for build-heavy workloads
-([GH-43693](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/43693)).
+([#43693](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/43693)).
 
 ### Filesystems
 
-The S3 filesystem has gained support for server-side encryption with customer
-provided keys, aka SSE-C (GH-43535).
+- The S3 filesystem has gained support for server-side encryption with customer
+provided keys, aka SSE-C
+([#43535](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/43535)).
 
-The S3 filesystem also gained an option to disable the SIGPIPE signals that may
-be emitted on some network events (GH-44695).
+- The S3 filesystem also gained an option to disable the SIGPIPE signals that may
+be emitted on some network events
+([#44695](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44695)).
 
-The Azure filesystem now supports SAS token authentication (GH-44308).
+- The Azure filesystem now supports SAS token authentication
+([#44308](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44308)).
 
 ### Flight RPC
 
@@ -104,28 +114,30 @@ The Azure filesystem now supports SAS token authentication (GH-44308).
   FlightEndpoint/FlightInfo (like `expiration_time`).
   ([#36954](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/36954))
 - The UCX backend has been deprecated and is scheduled for removal.
-  ([GH-45079](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/)).
-
+  ([#45079](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45079)).
 
 ### Parquet
 
-The initial footer read size can now be configured to reduce the number of
-potential roundtrips on high-latency filesystems such as S3 (GH-45015).
-
-The new SizeStatistics format feature has been implemented, though it is
-disabled by default when writing (GH-40592).
-
-We've added a new method to the ParquetFileReader class,
+- The initial footer read size can now be configured to reduce the number of
+potential round-trips on hi-latency filesystems such as S3. ([#45015](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45015)).
+- The new `SizeStatistics` format feature has been implemented, though it is
+disabled by default when writing. ([#40592](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/40592)).
+- We've added a new method to the ParquetFileReader class,
 [GetReadRanges](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/cpp/api/formats.html#_CPPv4N7parquet17ParquetFileReader13GetReadRangesERKNSt6vectorIiEERKNSt6vectorIiEE7int64_t7int64_t),
 which can calculate the byte ranges necessary to read a given set of columns and
-row groups. This may be useful to pre-buffer file data via caching mechanisms. ([GH-45092](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45092))
-
-We've added `arrow::Result`-returning variants for `parquet::arrow::OpenFile()` and `parquet::arrow::FileReader::GetRecordBatchReader()`  ([GH-44784](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44784), [GH-44808](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44808))
+row groups. This may be useful to pre-buffer file data via caching mechanisms.
+([#45092](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45092))
+- We've added `arrow::Result`-returning variants for `parquet::arrow::OpenFile()`
+and `parquet::arrow::FileReader::GetRecordBatchReader()`.
+([#44784](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44784),
+[#44808](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44808))
 
 ## C# notes
 
-* The `PrimitiveArrayBuilder` constructor has been made public to allow writing custom builders ([#23995](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/23995))
-* Improved the performance of looking up schema fields by name ([#44575](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44575))
+- The `PrimitiveArrayBuilder` constructor has been made public to allow writing
+  custom builders. ([#23995](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/23995))
+- Improved the performance of looking up schema fields by name.
+  ([#44575](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44575))
 
 ## Java notes
 
@@ -142,24 +154,24 @@ TODO
 ### Ruby
 
 - Added basic support for JRuby with an implementation based on Arrow Java
-  ([GH-44346](https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/44346)). The plan is to release
+  ([#44346](https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/44346)). The plan is to release
   this as a gem once it covers a base set of features. See
-  [GH-45324](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45324) for more information.
+  [#45324](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45324) for more information.
 - Added support for 32bit and 64bit decimal, binary view, and string view. See
   [issues
   listed](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues?q=is%3Aclosed%20milestone%3A19.0.0%20label%3A%22Component%3A%20GLib%22)
-  in the 19.0.0 milestone.
-- Fixed a bug that empty struct list can't be built
-  ([GH-44742](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44742))
-- Fixed a bug that `record_batch[:colun].size` raises an exception
-  ([GH-45119](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45119))
+  in the 19.0.0 milestone for more details.
+- Fixed a bug that empty struct list can't be built.
+  ([#44742](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44742))
+- Fixed a bug that `record_batch[:column].size` raises an exception.
+  ([#45119](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45119))
 
 ### C GLib
 
 - Added support for 32bit and 64bit decimal, binary view, and string view. See
   [issues
-  listed](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues?q=is%3Aclosed%20milestone%3A19.0.0%20label%3A%22Component%3A%20GLib%22)
-  in the 19.0.0 milestone.
+  listed in the 19.0.0 milestone](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues?q=is%3Aclosed%20milestone%3A19.0.0%20label%3A%22Component%3A%20GLib%22)
+  for more details.
 
 ## Rust notes and Go notes
 
@@ -171,7 +183,7 @@ implementation, see the latest [Arrow Go changelog][6]
 ## Linux packages notes
 
 - Debian: Fixed keyring format to support newer libapt (e.g., that used by
-  Trixie) ([GH-45118](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45118))
+  Trixie). ([#45118](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45118))
 
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