6 files changed, 49 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/edition-guide/README.md b/src/doc/edition-guide/README.md
index 559498257..3f3994381 100644
--- a/src/doc/edition-guide/README.md
+++ b/src/doc/edition-guide/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ online](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/edition-guide/).
 
 ## License
 
-The Edition Guide is dual licensed under `MIT`/`Apache2`, just like Rust itself.
-See the `LICENSE-*` files in this repository for more details.
+The Rust Edition Guide is dual licensed under `MIT`/`Apache2`, just like Rust
+itself. See the `LICENSE-*` files in this repository for more details.
 
 ## Building locally
 
diff --git a/src/doc/edition-guide/book.toml b/src/doc/edition-guide/book.toml
index 8d8b26322..7841b647d 100644
--- a/src/doc/edition-guide/book.toml
+++ b/src/doc/edition-guide/book.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors = ["The Rust Project Developers"]
 multilingual = false
 src = "src"
-title = "The Edition Guide"
+title = "The Rust Edition Guide"
 
 [output.html]
 git-repository-url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/edition-guide"
diff --git a/src/doc/edition-guide/src/SUMMARY.md b/src/doc/edition-guide/src/SUMMARY.md
index dac77913b..9ac69923f 100644
--- a/src/doc/edition-guide/src/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/src/doc/edition-guide/src/SUMMARY.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# The Edition Guide
+# The Rust Edition Guide
 
 [Introduction](introduction.md)
 
diff --git a/src/doc/edition-guide/src/editions/creating-a-new-project.md b/src/doc/edition-guide/src/editions/creating-a-new-project.md
index 319d6996c..8ec71d67e 100644
--- a/src/doc/edition-guide/src/editions/creating-a-new-project.md
+++ b/src/doc/edition-guide/src/editions/creating-a-new-project.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Creating a new project
 
-When you create a new project with Cargo, it will automatically add
-configuration for the latest edition:
+A new project created with Cargo is configured to use the latest edition by
+default:
 
 ```console
-> cargo new foo
+$ cargo new foo
      Created binary (application) `foo` project
-> cat foo/Cargo.toml
+$ cat foo/Cargo.toml
 [package]
 name = "foo"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -15,11 +15,41 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 ```
 
-That `edition = "2021"` setting will configure your package to use Rust 2021.
-No more configuration needed!
+That `edition = "2021"` setting configures your package to be built using the
+Rust 2021 edition. No further configuration needed!
 
-If you'd prefer to use an older edition, you can change the value in that
-key, for example:
+You can use the `--edition <YEAR>` option of `cargo new` to create the project
+using some specific edition. For example, creating a new project to use the
+Rust 2018 edition could be done like this:
+
+```console
+$ cargo new --edition 2018 foo
+     Created binary (application) `foo` project
+$ cat foo/Cargo.toml
+[package]
+name = "foo"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+```
+
+Don't worry about accidentally using an invalid year for the edition; the
+`cargo new` invocation will not accept an invalid edition year value:
+
+```console
+$ cargo new --edition 2019 foo
+error: "2019" isn't a valid value for '--edition <YEAR>'
+        [possible values: 2015, 2018, 2021]
+
+        Did you mean "2018"?
+
+For more information try --help
+```
+
+You can change the value of the `edition` key by simply editing the
+`Cargo.toml` file. For example, to cause your package to be built using the
+Rust 2015 edition, you would set the key as in the following example:
 
 ```toml
 [package]
@@ -29,5 +59,3 @@ edition = "2015"
 
 [dependencies]
 ```
-
-This will build your package in Rust 2015.
diff --git a/src/doc/edition-guide/src/editions/index.md b/src/doc/edition-guide/src/editions/index.md
index e12285c49..b5480e809 100644
--- a/src/doc/edition-guide/src/editions/index.md
+++ b/src/doc/edition-guide/src/editions/index.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # What are Editions?
 
-The release of Rust 1.0 established
+The release of Rust 1.0
+([in May 2015](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/05/15/Rust-1.0.html))
+established
 ["stability without stagnation"](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2014/10/30/Stability.html)
 as a core Rust deliverable.
 Ever since the 1.0 release,
@@ -51,11 +53,11 @@ there might be some corner cases where manual changes are still required.
 The tooling tries hard to avoid changes
 to semantics that could affect the correctness or performance of the code.
 
-In addition to tooling, we also maintain this Edition Migration Guide that covers
+In addition to tooling, we also maintain this Rust Edition Guide that covers
 the changes that are part of an edition.
 This guide describes each change and gives pointers to where you can learn more about it.
 It also covers any corner cases or details you should be aware of.
-This guide serves both as an overview of the edition
+This guide serves as an overview of editions,
+as a migration guide for specific editions,
 and as a quick troubleshooting reference
 if you encounter problems with the automated tooling.
-
diff --git a/src/doc/edition-guide/src/introduction.md b/src/doc/edition-guide/src/introduction.md
index c23508b2f..a36a620a8 100644
--- a/src/doc/edition-guide/src/introduction.md
+++ b/src/doc/edition-guide/src/introduction.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Introduction
 
-Welcome to the Rust Edition Guide! "Editions" are Rust's way of introducing
+Welcome to The Rust Edition Guide! "Editions" are Rust's way of introducing
 changes into the language that would not otherwise be backwards
 compatible.