diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Issue #16761: Calling ``int()`` with *base* argument only now raises
-  TypeError.
+- Issue #16761: Calling int() with base argument only now raises TypeError.
 
 - Issue #16759: Support the full DWORD (unsigned long) range in Reg2Py
   when retreiving a REG_DWORD value. This corrects functions like
@@ -208,8 +207,8 @@
 
 - Issue 10527: make multiprocessing use poll() instead of select() if available.
 
-- Issue #16485: Fix file descriptor not being closed if file header patching
-  fails on closing of aifc file.
+- Issue #16485: Now file descriptors are closed if file header patching failed
+  on closing an aifc file.
 
 - Issue #16504: IDLE now catches SyntaxErrors raised by tokenizer. Patch by
   Roger Serwy.