diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/faster-blake3.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/faster-blake3.md
index edd10bf75..be6f80bae 100644
--- a/doc/manual/rl-next/faster-blake3.md
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/faster-blake3.md
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ issues:
 prs: [12676]
 ---
 
-The implementation fro blake3 hashing is now multi-threaded and used memory-mapped IO.
+The implementation for blake3 hashing is now multi-threaded and used memory-mapped IO.
 Benchmark results can be found the [pull request](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/12676).
diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/fixed-s3-progress-bar.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/fixed-s3-progress-bar.md
index d710ae258..cb29151a2 100644
--- a/doc/manual/rl-next/fixed-s3-progress-bar.md
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/fixed-s3-progress-bar.md
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ issues: [12877, 13098]
 prs: [12538]
 ---
 
-S3 progress bar now correctly display upload/download progress. S3 uploads are now interruptible.
+The progress bar now correctly display upload/download progress for S3 up/downloads. S3 uploads are now interruptible.
diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/nix-flake-show.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/nix-flake-show.md
index c5cf4d93b..70f96f10f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/rl-next/nix-flake-show.md
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/nix-flake-show.md
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ issues: 4265
 prs: [12583]
 ---
 
-Previously, if a flake contained outputs relying on import-from-derivation during evaluation, `nix flake show` would fail to display the rest of the flake. The updated behavior skips such outputs, allowing the rest of the flake to be shown.
+Previously, if a flake contained outputs relying on [import from derivation](@docroot@/language/import-from-derivation.md) during evaluation, `nix flake show` would fail to display the rest of the flake. The updated behavior skips such outputs, allowing the rest of the flake to be shown.
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/pretty-json.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/pretty-json.md
index 3007ccfeb..98c0155d1 100644
--- a/doc/manual/rl-next/pretty-json.md
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/pretty-json.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ issues: 12555
 prs: [12652]
 ---
 
+This makes the output easier to read.
+
 Scripts are mostly unaffected because for those, stdout will be a file or a pipe, not a terminal, and for those, the old single-line behavior applies.
 
 `--json --pretty` can be passed to enable it even if the output is not a terminal.
diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/retry-on-http-429.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/retry-on-http-429.md
index f539cea9e..c5872356e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/rl-next/retry-on-http-429.md
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/retry-on-http-429.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-synopsis: "Increase retry delays on Http 429"
+synopsis: "Increase retry delays on HTTP 429 Too Many Requests"
 issues:
 prs: [13052]
 ---
diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/s3-sts-authentication.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/s3-sts-authentication.md
index 8dcc84c1b..470202b16 100644
--- a/doc/manual/rl-next/s3-sts-authentication.md
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/s3-sts-authentication.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-synopsis: "C API: functions for locking and loading a flake"
+synopsis: "S3: opt-in the STSProfileCredentialsProvider"
 issues:
 prs: [12646]
 ---