diff --git a/changes/bug18809 b/changes/bug18809
index 94e6369b4..1e151874b 100644
--- a/changes/bug18809
+++ b/changes/bug18809
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
       when the linked connection attaches. This prevents tor
       making unnecessary begindir-style connections, which are
       the only directory connections tor clients make since
-      #18483 was merged.
+      the fix for 18483 was merged.
     - Fix some edge cases where consensus download connections
       may not have been closed, even though they were not needed.
+      Related to fix  18809.
     - Make relays retry consensus downloads the correct number of
       times, rather than the more aggressive client retry count.
+      Fixes part of ticket 18809.
     - Stop downloading consensuses when we have a consensus,
       even if we don't have all the certificates for it yet.
-      Closes ticket 18943, bugfix on #4483 in 0.2.8.1-alpha,
-      patches by arma and teor.
+      Fixes bug 18809; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
+      Patches by arma and teor.