diff --git a/.changeset/README.md b/.changeset/README.md
index e5b6d8d..dc94e69 100644
--- a/.changeset/README.md
+++ b/.changeset/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # Changesets
 
-Hello and welcome! This folder has been automatically generated by `@changesets/cli`, a build tool that works
-with multi-package repos, or single-package repos to help you version and publish your code. You can
-find the full documentation for it [in our repository](https://github.com/changesets/changesets)
+Hello and welcome! This folder contains the release notes used to version and publish this package.
 
-We have a quick list of common questions to get you started engaging with this project in
-[our documentation](https://github.com/changesets/changesets/blob/main/docs/common-questions.md)
+Add a Markdown file here for each user-facing change. The Changesets action turns pending entries into a version PR and publishes it after that PR is merged.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 633c475..b35a6b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           version: pnpm version-packages
           commit: 'chore: update package versions'
           title: 'chore: update package versions'
+          commitMode: github-api
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true