diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 438b009..4aa8b5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ For advanced use cases additional settings can be provided to the action
 
 ### PR Template placeholders
 
-Table of supported placeholders allowed to be used in the `pr_template` configuration.
+Table of supported placeholders allowed to be used in the `pr_template` configuration, which will be included in the release notes / changelog.
 
 | **Placeholder**  | **Description**                                             |
 |------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Table of supported placeholders allowed to be used in the `pr_template` configur
 
 ### Template placeholders
 
-Table of supported placeholders allowed to be used in the `template` and `empty_template` (only supports placeholder marked for empty) configuration.
+Table of supported placeholders allowed to be used in the `template` and `empty_template` (only supports placeholder marked for empty) configuration, to give additional control on defining the contents of the release notes / changelog. 
 
 | **Placeholder**            | **Description**                                                                                    | **Empty** |
 |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:---------:|
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Table of supported placeholders allowed to be used in the `template` and `empty_
 
 ### Configuration Specification
 
-Table of descriptions for the `configuration.json` options. 
+Table of descriptions for the `configuration.json` options to configure the resulting release notes / changelog.
 
 | **Input**                | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 |--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ All patches and changes applied to the original source are licensed under the Ap
     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     limitations under the License.
 
-## Sample result changelog
+## Sample result release notes / changelog
 
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