diff --git a/.github/release-notes.sh b/.github/release-notes.sh
index 3fe3f6b17..9937c18cf 100755
--- a/.github/release-notes.sh
+++ b/.github/release-notes.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gh api "/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/generate-notes" \
 trim_trailing_newlines() {
     local text
     text="$(cat)"
-    echo -n "${text//$'\n'}"
+    echo -n "${text}"
 }
 
 linkify_gh() {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/propose-release.yml b/.github/workflows/propose-release.yml
index c01167994..82407abe7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/propose-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/propose-release.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       extra-commands-early: |
         echo ${{ inputs.version }} > .version-determinate
         git add .version-determinate
+        git commit -m "Set .version-determinate to ${{ inputs.version }}" || true
         ./.github/release-notes.sh
         git add doc
-        git commit -m "Set .version-determinate to ${{ inputs.version }}" || true
+        git commit -m "Generare release notes for ${{ inputs.version }}" || true