diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ef78ab7..c780f3d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@
 
 - Issue #12002: ftplib's abort() method raises TypeError.
 
-- Issue 11916: Add a number of MacOSX specific definitions to the errno module.
+- Issue #11916: Add a number of MacOSX specific definitions to the errno module.
   Patch by Pierre Carrier.
 
-- Issue 11999: fixed sporadic sync failure mailbox.Maildir due to its trying to
+- Issue #11999: fixed sporadic sync failure mailbox.Maildir due to its trying to
   detect mtime changes by comparing to the system clock instead of to the
   previous value of the mtime.