diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e6b2592f0..efd7c8c49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -53,11 +53,29 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract release notes from CHANGELOG.md
         run: |
           VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          # Second stage: unwrap hard-wrapped lines. CHANGELOG.md is wrapped for
+          # the repo view, but GitHub renders release bodies like comments — a
+          # single newline becomes <br> — so wrapped source shows as narrow
+          # ragged lines. Joins indented continuation lines into their bullet
+          # and consecutive "> " lines into one; fenced code blocks and nested
+          # bullets pass through untouched.
           awk -v ver="$VERSION" '
             index($0, "## [" ver "]") == 1 { flag = 1; next }
             /^## /                         { flag = 0 }
             flag
-          ' CHANGELOG.md > release-notes.md
+          ' CHANGELOG.md | awk '
+            function flush() { if (have) { print buf; have = 0 } }
+            /^```/  { flush(); print; infence = !infence; next }
+            infence { print; next }
+            /^ {2,}[^ ]/ && have && $0 !~ /^ +[-*] / {
+              line = $0; sub(/^ +/, "", line); buf = buf " " line; next
+            }
+            /^> [^ ]/ && have && buf ~ /^> / {
+              line = $0; sub(/^> /, "", line); buf = buf " " line; next
+            }
+            { flush(); buf = $0; have = 1 }
+            END { flush() }
+          ' > release-notes.md
           if ! grep -q '[^[:space:]]' release-notes.md; then
             echo "::error::CHANGELOG.md has no \"## [$VERSION]\" section — add the curated entry (see CONTRIBUTING.md \"Releases\") and re-tag."
             exit 1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9929db00d..31d1be0a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - Initial version of the QuantEcon MyST theme: Remix + `@myst-theme` book theme with QuantEcon branding, toolbar (home, search, fullscreen, font scaling, dark mode, downloads, Colab/JupyterHub launch, edit-on-GitHub), content-driven site footer, and bundled brand assets.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/QuantEcon/quantecon-theme.mystmd/compare/v2.2.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/QuantEcon/quantecon-theme.mystmd/compare/v2.3.0...HEAD
 [2.3.0]: https://github.com/QuantEcon/quantecon-theme.mystmd/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0
 [2.2.0]: https://github.com/QuantEcon/quantecon-theme.mystmd/compare/v2.1.0...v2.2.0
 [2.1.0]: https://github.com/QuantEcon/quantecon-theme.mystmd/compare/v2.0.0...v2.1.0
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 343ad20da..cdb1620d7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ with a link to the PR.
 To cut a release:
 
 1. In `CHANGELOG.md`, move the `## [Unreleased]` entries under a new `## [X.Y.Z] - YYYY-MM-DD`
-   heading and add the footer compare link.
+   heading, add the footer compare link, and re-point the `[Unreleased]` compare link's base
+   at the new tag (`compare/vX.Y.Z...HEAD`).
+   Wrapping the entry text is fine — the release workflow unwraps it, because GitHub renders
+   release bodies (unlike committed Markdown) with single newlines as line breaks.
 2. Bump the version in `package.json` (e.g. `npm version X.Y.Z --no-git-tag-version`).
    You do **not** need to bump `template.yml` — the release workflow stamps its `version`
    from `package.json` into the published bundle, so the two cannot drift.