diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2309_fix_logger_context_aware_lookups.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2309_fix_logger_context_aware_lookups.xml
index 1d30fbf238e..535de0aa97c 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2309_fix_logger_context_aware_lookups.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2309_fix_logger_context_aware_lookups.xml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
        type="changed">
   <issue id="2309" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2309"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Fix handling of `LoggerContextAware` lookups.</description>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Fix handling of `LoggerContextAware` lookups</description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2346_unix_millis_data_pattern.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2346_unix_millis_data_pattern.xml
index 53a94729e19..f344d943f57 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2346_unix_millis_data_pattern.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2346_unix_millis_data_pattern.xml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
        type="changed">
   <issue id="2346" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2346"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Fix `NullPointerException` in `PatternProcessor` for a `UNIX_MILLIS` pattern.</description>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Fix NPE in `PatternProcessor` for a `UNIX_MILLIS` pattern</description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/fix_StatusLogger_instant_formatting.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/fix_StatusLogger_instant_formatting.xml
index 87b427bcb95..4c9ba13ab75 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/fix_StatusLogger_instant_formatting.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/fix_StatusLogger_instant_formatting.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
        type="fixed">
   <issue id="2322" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2322"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">
-    Add `log4j2.StatusLogger.DateFormatZone` system property to set the time-zone `StatusLogger` uses to format `java.time.Instant`.
-    Without this formatting patterns accessing to time-zone-specific fields (e.g., year-of-era) cause failures.
+    Add `log4j2.StatusLogger.dateFormatZone` system property to set the time-zone `StatusLogger` uses to format `java.time.Instant`.
+    Without this, formatting patterns accessing to time-zone-specific fields (e.g., year-of-era) cause failures.
   </description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_clients_elasticsearch_java.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_clients_elasticsearch_java.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 86b89788709..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_clients_elasticsearch_java.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2315" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2315"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `co.elastic.clients:elasticsearch-java` to version `8.12.2`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_logging_log4j2_ecs_layout.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_logging_log4j2_ecs_layout.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index da8a4887158..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_logging_log4j2_ecs_layout.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2301" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2301"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `co.elastic.logging:log4j2-ecs-layout` to version `1.6.0`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_github_tomakehurst_wiremock_jre8.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_github_tomakehurst_wiremock_jre8.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b3fffa7a27f..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_github_tomakehurst_wiremock_jre8.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2306" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2306"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8` to version `2.35.2`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_github_codeql_action.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_github_codeql_action.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 70718fb54c3..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_github_codeql_action.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2332" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2332"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `github/codeql-action` to version `3.24.6`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_io_fabric8_docker_maven_plugin.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_io_fabric8_docker_maven_plugin.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 74eb0f28f4d..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_io_fabric8_docker_maven_plugin.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2299" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2299"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `io.fabric8:docker-maven-plugin` to version `0.44.0`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_codehaus_groovy_groovy_bom.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_codehaus_groovy_groovy_bom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a311d4c02a4..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_codehaus_groovy_groovy_bom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2345" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2345"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-bom` to version `3.0.21`</description>
-</entry>