--- a/release.txt
+++ b/release.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ RELEASE NOTES
 MonetDB JDBC driver version 2.29 (Liberica/MCL-1.18)
 Release date: 2020-02-12
 
-This JDBC driver is designed for use with MonetDB, an Open-Source column-store RDBMS.
+The Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API provides universal data access from
+the Java programming language.
+
+The MonetDB JDBC driver is designed for use with MonetDB, an Open-Source column-store RDBMS.
 For more information see https://www.monetdb.org/
 
+The latest MonetDB JDBC driver can be downloaded from
+https://www.monetdb.org/downloads/Java/
+
 The MonetDB JDBC connection URL format to use is:
   jdbc:monetdb://<hostname>[:<portnr>]/<databasename>[?<property>=<value>[&<property>=<value>]]
 
@@ -30,14 +36,17 @@ We recommend to set following connection
 
 Multiple connection properties are separated by the & character.
 For example:
-  jdbc:monetdb://localhost:41000/mydb?user=monetdb&password=onlyiknow&so_timeout=18000&treat_clob_as_varchar=true&treat_blob_as_binary=true
+  jdbc:monetdb://localhost:41000/mydb?user=monetdb&password=onlyiknow&so_timeout=20000&treat_clob_as_varchar=true&treat_blob_as_binary=true
 
 See also: https://www.monetdb.org/Documentation/Manuals/SQLreference/Programming/JDBC
 
 
 JDBC COMPLIANCE
-The MonetDB JDBC driver complies to JDBC 4.1 definition, see
+The MonetDB JDBC driver is a type 4 driver (100% pure Java) and
+complies to JDBC 4.1 definition, see
  http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/index.html
+and
+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Database_Connectivity
 
 Within the current implementation not all functionalities of the JDBC
 interface are available.  It is believed, however, that this
@@ -163,7 +172,7 @@ Notes and Tips for Java Programmers usin
   and use the int variables with the rs.get...(int columnIndex) methods.
   This eliminates the call to findColumn(String columnLabel) for
   each value of every column for every row in the ResultSet.
-  See also the sample Java JDBC program on:
+  See also the example Java JDBC program on:
   https://www.monetdb.org/Documentation/Manuals/SQLreference/Programming/JDBC
 
 - Avoid using rs.getObject() as it will need to construct a new Object for
@@ -209,7 +218,7 @@ Warning:
  You will need to serialize the processing of the threads in your Java program.
  Alternatively you could use a separate JDBC Connection for each thread.
 
-Note: as of Feb2020 release (monetdb-jdbc-2.29.jre8.jar) we compile all
+Note: as of Febr 2020 (monetdb-jdbc-2.29.jre8.jar) we compile all
  the java sources to target: Java SE 8 (profile compact2), so
  you need a JRE/JDK JVM of version 8 or higher to use it.