diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6780e3e9..f9d512fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.12.2] - 2023-09-12
+### Changed
+- Tree Plot: Reingold Tilford Algorithm code for succinctness and docstring.
+
 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-09-11
 ### Fixed
 - Tree Plot: Reingold Tilford Algorithm to handle cases of negative x-coordinates with adjustment parameter.
@@ -314,6 +318,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Utility Iterator: Tree traversal methods.
 - Workflow To Do App: Tree use case with to-do list implementation.
 
+[0.12.2]: https://github.com/kayjan/bigtree/compare/0.12.1...0.12.2
 [0.12.1]: https://github.com/kayjan/bigtree/compare/0.12.0...0.12.1
 [0.12.0]: https://github.com/kayjan/bigtree/compare/0.11.0...0.12.0
 [0.11.0]: https://github.com/kayjan/bigtree/compare/0.10.3...0.11.0
diff --git a/bigtree/__init__.py b/bigtree/__init__.py
index 4d2cec33..c7145ccb 100644
--- a/bigtree/__init__.py
+++ b/bigtree/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.12.1"
+__version__ = "0.12.2"
 
 from bigtree.binarytree.construct import list_to_binarytree
 from bigtree.dag.construct import dataframe_to_dag, dict_to_dag, list_to_dag
diff --git a/bigtree/utils/plot.py b/bigtree/utils/plot.py
index 6d025c3d..9b5e5993 100644
--- a/bigtree/utils/plot.py
+++ b/bigtree/utils/plot.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def first_pass(
       descendant of any left sibling at every subsequent level. Intersection happens when the subtrees are not
       at least `subtree distance` apart.
 
-      If there are any intersection, shift the whole subtree by a new `shift` value, shift any left sibling by a
+      If there are any intersections, shift the whole subtree by a new `shift` value, shift any left sibling by a
       fraction of `shift` value, and shift any right sibling by `shift` + a multiple of the fraction of
       `shift` value to keep nodes centralized at the level.
 
@@ -166,25 +166,11 @@ def first_pass(
                     ),
                 )
 
-            # Shift the nodes between leftmost subtree and right_node
-            for multiple, left_sibling in enumerate(
-                parent_node.children[:tree_node_idx]
-            ):
-                left_sibling.set_attrs(
+            # Shift siblings (left siblings, itself, right siblings) accordingly
+            for multiple, sibling in enumerate(parent_node.children):
+                sibling.set_attrs(
                     {
-                        "shift": left_sibling.get_attr("shift")
-                        + (_shift * multiple / tree_node_idx)
-                    }
-                )
-
-            # Shift right_node itself and the nodes to the right of right_node
-            for multiple, right_sibling in enumerate(
-                parent_node.children[tree_node_idx:]
-            ):
-                right_sibling.set_attrs(
-                    {
-                        "shift": right_sibling.get_attr("shift", 0)
-                        + _shift
+                        "shift": sibling.get_attr("shift", 0)
                         + (_shift * multiple / tree_node_idx)
                     }
                 )
@@ -298,7 +284,7 @@ def second_pass(
     x_adjustment: Optional[float] = 0.0,
 ) -> float:
     """
-    Performs pre-order traversal of tree and determine the final `x` and `y` values for each node.
+    Performs pre-order traversal of tree and determines the final `x` and `y` values for each node.
     Modifies tree in-place.
 
     Notation:
@@ -352,7 +338,7 @@ def second_pass(
 
 
 def third_pass(tree_node: BaseNode, x_adjustment: float) -> None:
-    """Adjust all x-coordinates by an adjustment value so that every x-coordinate is greater than 0.
+    """Adjust all x-coordinates by an adjustment value so that every x-coordinate is greater than or equal to 0.
     Modifies tree in-place.
 
     Args: