diff --git a/lib/tasks/release_note.rake b/lib/tasks/release_note.rake
index 67b25fa4053..4e3b4ed5613 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/release_note.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/release_note.rake
@@ -2,22 +2,28 @@ desc "generate a release note from the important commits"
 task "release_note:generate", :tag do |t, args|
   tag = args[:tag] || `git describe --tags --abbrev=0`.strip
 
-  bug_fixes = []
-  new_features = []
-  ux_changes = []
+  bug_fixes = Set.new
+  new_features = Set.new
+  ux_changes = Set.new
 
   `git log --pretty=format:%s #{tag}..HEAD`.each_line do |line|
     if line =~ /^(FIX|BUG|BUGFIX):/i
-      bug_fixes << line
+      bug_fixes << better(line)
     elsif line =~ /^FEATURE:/i
-      new_features << line
+      new_features << better(line)
     elsif line =~ /^UX:/i
-      ux_changes << line
+      ux_changes << better(line)
     end
   end
 
-  puts "NEW FEATURES:", new_features, ""
-  puts "BUG FIXES:", bug_fixes, ""
-  puts "UX CHANGES:", ux_changes, ""
+  puts "NEW FEATURES:", new_features.to_a, ""
+  puts "BUG FIXES:", bug_fixes.to_a, ""
+  puts "UX CHANGES:", ux_changes.to_a, ""
 
 end
+
+def better(line)
+  line = line.gsub(/^(FIX|BUG|BUGFIX|FEATURE|UX):/i, "").strip
+  line[0] = line[0].capitalize
+  line
+end