diff --git a/do-release.sh b/do-release.sh
index eaeee859c2..2ac71ccee5 100755
--- a/do-release.sh
+++ b/do-release.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ read -r
 STATS=$(
 echo "### Stats"
 echo "* $(git log pmd_releases/"${LAST_VERSION}"..HEAD --oneline --no-merges |wc -l) commits"
-echo "* $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/milestones|jq ".[] | select(.title == \"$RELEASE_VERSION\") | .closed_issues") closed tickets & PRs"
+echo "* $(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/milestones?state=all&direction=desc&per_page=5"|jq ".[] | select(.title == \"$RELEASE_VERSION\") | .closed_issues") closed tickets & PRs"
 echo "* Days since last release: $(( ( $(date +%s) - $(git log --max-count=1 --format="%at" pmd_releases/"${LAST_VERSION}") ) / 86400))"
 )
 
diff --git a/docs/pages/pmd/projectdocs/committers/releasing.md b/docs/pages/pmd/projectdocs/committers/releasing.md
index 49990b22e7..1cd90df180 100644
--- a/docs/pages/pmd/projectdocs/committers/releasing.md
+++ b/docs/pages/pmd/projectdocs/committers/releasing.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ NEW_VERSION_COMMITISH=HEAD
 
 echo "### Stats"
 echo "* $(git log pmd_releases/${LAST_VERSION}..${NEW_VERSION_COMMITISH} --oneline --no-merges |wc -l) commits"
-echo "* $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/milestones|jq ".[] | select(.title == \"$NEW_VERSION\") | .closed_issues") closed tickets & PRs"
+echo "* $(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/milestones?state=all&direction=desc&per_page=5"|jq ".[] | select(.title == \"$NEW_VERSION\") | .closed_issues") closed tickets & PRs"
 echo "* Days since last release: $(( ( $(date +%s) - $(git log --max-count=1 --format="%at" pmd_releases/${LAST_VERSION}) ) / 86400))"
 ```