Address review comments

Author: flip1995

book/src/development/infrastructure/backport.md

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ some explanation and are quite subjective. Good judgement is required.
    done anyway, FP fixes might also be included. If the PR has a lot of changes,
    backports must be considered more carefully.
 
-2. **Is the issue that was fixed by the PR in `beta` already?**
+2. **Is the problem that was fixed by the PR already in `beta`?**
 
-   Maybe the issue being fixed didn't make it to `beta` in the Rust repo, yet.
-   If that's the case, and the fix is already synced to the Rust repo, the fix
-   doesn't need to be backported. If the fix PR is not synced yet, the fix PR
-   either needs to be "backported" to the Rust `master` branch or to `beta` in
-   the next backport cycle.
+   It could be that the problem that was fixed by the PR hasn't made it to the
+   `beta` branch of the Rust repo yet. If that's the case, and the fix is
+   already synced to the Rust repo, the fix doesn't need to be backported. If
+   the fix PR is not synced yet, the fix PR either needs to be "backported" to
+   the Rust `master` branch or to `beta` in the next backport cycle.
 
 3. **Is the fix already synced to `master`?**
 

book/src/development/infrastructure/sync.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ This process is described in detail in the following sections.
 The sync is done with [JOSH] and fully scripted with `cargo dev sync`. The only
 requirement is to install the `josh-proxy` binary from GitHub
 
-<!-- FIXME: Change to a release version once the fix is merged -->
+<!-- FIXME: Change to a release version once >r23.12.04 is released -->
 
 ```sh
 $ RUSTFLAGS="--cap-lints warn" cargo +stable install josh-proxy --git https://github.com/josh-project/josh
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ If there should be merge conflicts, resolve them now and commit with the message
 > Note: If the version tests fail, refer to [bump version] in the release
 > documentation.
 
-Open a PR to `rust-lang/rust-clippy` and wait for it to get merged (to
-accelerate the process ping the `@rust-lang/clippy` team in your PR and/or ask
-them in the [Zulip] stream.)
+Open a PR to `rust-lang/rust-clippy` and if you are a Clippy maintainer, you can
+`r+` the PR yourself. If not, change `r? @ghost` to `r? clippy` and a Clippy
+maintainer will get assigned. To accelerate the process ping the Clippy team in
+[Zulip].
+
 
 [bump version]: release.md#bump-version
 [Zulip]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/clippy
@@ -84,9 +86,6 @@ Sync from Clippy commit: rust-lang/rust-clippy@<sha1>
 
 The title must be kept as is, to [tell triagebot] that this is a sync PR.
 
-If you're a Clippy maintainer, you can `r+` the PR yourself. If not, change `r?
-@ghost` to `r? clippy`.
-
 The second line must be kept as is, to [find the Clippy commit] during a
 release.