diff --git a/changelog.d/5232.misc b/changelog.d/5232.misc
index 1cdc71f09..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5232.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5232.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Run black on synapse.crypto.keyring.
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5234.misc b/changelog.d/5234.misc
index 43fbd6f67..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5234.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5234.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Rewrite store_server_verify_key to store several keys at once.
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5235.misc b/changelog.d/5235.misc
index 2296ad2a4..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5235.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5235.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Remove unused VerifyKey.expired and .time_added fields.
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5236.misc b/changelog.d/5236.misc
index cb4417a9f..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5236.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5236.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Simplify Keyring.process_v2_response.
\ No newline at end of file
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5237.misc b/changelog.d/5237.misc
index f4fe3b821..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5237.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5237.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Store key validity time in the storage layer.
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5244.misc b/changelog.d/5244.misc
index 9cc1fb869..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5244.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5244.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Refactor synapse.crypto.keyring to use a KeyFetcher interface.
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5250.misc b/changelog.d/5250.misc
index 575a299a8..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5250.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5250.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Simplification to Keyring.wait_for_previous_lookups.
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5296.misc b/changelog.d/5296.misc
index a038a6f7f..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5296.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5296.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Refactor keyring.VerifyKeyRequest to use attr.s.
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5299.misc b/changelog.d/5299.misc
index 53297c768..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5299.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5299.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Rewrite get_server_verify_keys, again.
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5343.misc b/changelog.d/5343.misc
index dbee0f71b..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5343.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5343.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Rename VerifyKeyRequest.deferred field.
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5347.misc b/changelog.d/5347.misc
index 436245fb1..8336bc55d 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5347.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5347.misc
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-Various improvements to debug logging.
-
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5356.misc b/changelog.d/5356.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8336bc55d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5356.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Preparatory work for key-validity features.