diff --git a/maint/Makefile.am b/maint/Makefile.am
index bb129efb7e..ebb84679b9 100644
--- a/maint/Makefile.am
+++ b/maint/Makefile.am
@@ -1,102 +1,107 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2019-2022 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 # Define release-related variables
 include $(abs_srcdir)/../mk/release.mk
 
 noinst_SCRIPTS		= bumplibs
 EXTRA_DIST		= README
 
 #
 # Change log generation
 #
 
 # Count changes in these directories
 CHANGELOG_DIRS = ../include ../lib ../daemons ../tools ../xml
 
 .PHONY: require_last_release
 require_last_release:
 	@if [ -z "$(CHECKOUT)" ]; then					\
 		echo "This target must be run from a git checkout";	\
 		exit 1;							\
 	elif ! git rev-parse $(LAST_RELEASE) >/dev/null 2>&1; then	\
 		echo "LAST_RELEASE must be set to a valid git tag";	\
 		exit 1;							\
 	fi
 
 .PHONY: summary
 summary: require_last_release
-	@printf "\n* `date +"%a %b %d %Y"` `git config user.name` <`git config user.email`> $(NEXT_RELEASE)"
-	@printf "\n- Changesets: `git log --pretty=oneline --no-merges $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD | wc -l`"
-	@printf "\n- Diff:`git diff $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD --shortstat $(CHANGELOG_DIRS)`\n"
+	@printf "* %s %s <%s> %s\n" "$$(date +'%a %b %d %Y')"		\
+		"$$(git config user.name)" "$$(git config user.email)"	\
+		"$(NEXT_RELEASE)"
+	@printf "\055 %d commits with%s\n"				\
+		"$$(git log --pretty=oneline --no-merges		\
+			$(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD | wc -l)"			\
+		"$$(git diff $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD --shortstat		\
+			$(CHANGELOG_DIRS))"
 
 .PHONY: changes
 changes: summary
 	@printf "\n- Features added since $(LAST_RELEASE)\n"
 	@git log --pretty=format:'%s' --no-merges --abbrev-commit $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD \
 		| sed -n -e 's/^ *Feature: */  + /p' | sort -uf
 	@printf "\n- Fixes since $(LAST_RELEASE)\n"
 	@git log --pretty=format:'%s' --no-merges --abbrev-commit $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD \
 		| sed -n -e 's/^ *\(Fix\|High\|Bug\): */  + /p' | sed			\
 			-e 's@\(cib\|pacemaker-based\|based\):@CIB:@' \
 			-e 's@\(crmd\|pacemaker-controld\|controld\):@controller:@' \
 			-e 's@\(lrmd\|pacemaker-execd\|execd\):@executor:@' \
 			-e 's@\(Fencing\|stonithd\|stonith\|pacemaker-fenced\|fenced\):@fencing:@' \
 			-e 's@\(PE\|pengine\|pacemaker-schedulerd\|schedulerd\):@scheduler:@' \
 		| sort -uf
 	@printf "\n- Public API changes since $(LAST_RELEASE)\n"
 	@git log --pretty=format:'%s' --no-merges --abbrev-commit $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD \
 		| sed -n -e 's/^ *API: */  + /p' | sort -uf
 
 .PHONY: rc-changes
 rc-changes:
 	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) NEXT_RELEASE=$(shell echo $(LAST_RC) | sed s:-rc.*::) LAST_RELEASE=$(LAST_RC) changes
 
 .PHONY: authors
 authors: require_last_release
 	git log $(LAST_RELEASE)..$(COMMIT) --format='%an' | sort -u
 
 .PHONY: changelog
 changelog: require_last_release
 	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) changes > ../ChangeLog
 	@printf "\n">> ../ChangeLog
 	git show $(LAST_RELEASE):ChangeLog >> ../ChangeLog
 
 #
 # gnulib updates
 #
 # See https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/
 #
 
 # V3	= scandir unsetenv alphasort xalloc
 # V2	= setenv strerror strchrnul strndup
 GNU_MODS	= crypto/md5-buffer
 # stdint appears to be surrogate only for C99-lacking environments
 GNU_MODS_AVOID	= stdint
 
 .PHONY: gnulib-update
 gnulib-update:
 	@echo 'Newer versions of gnulib require automake 1.14'
 	@echo 'Pacemaker cannot update until minimum supported automake is 1.14'
 	@exit 1
 	if test -e gnulib; then							\
 		cd gnulib && git pull;						\
 	else									\
 		git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gnulib.git gnulib	\
 			&& cd gnulib && git config pull.rebase false;		\
 	fi
 	cd $(top_srcdir) && maint/gnulib/gnulib-tool --source-base=lib/gnu 	\
 		--lgpl=2 --no-vc-files --no-conditional-dependencies --libtool	\
 		$(GNU_MODS_AVOID:%=--avoid %) --import $(GNU_MODS)
 	sed -i -e "s/bundled(gnulib).*/bundled(gnulib) = `date +'%Y%m%d'`/"	\
 		../rpm/pacemaker.spec.in
 	sed -i -e "s/_GL_EXTERN_INLINE/_GL_INLINE/" 				\
 		-e "s#left_over -= 64;#left_over \&= 63; /* helps static analysis */#"	\
 		-e "s#&ctx->buffer\[16\]#\&(((char *) ctx->buffer)[64]) /* helps static analysis */#"	\
 		../lib/gnu/md5.c