diff --git a/news/7249.feature b/news/7249.feature
index 0a791c928df..6074b3c841b 100644
--- a/news/7249.feature
+++ b/news/7249.feature
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Raise error if --user and --target are used together in pip install
+Raise error if ``--user`` and ``--target`` are used together in ``pip install``
diff --git a/news/7430.bugfix b/news/7430.bugfix
index 9d0146af652..25980e0de49 100644
--- a/news/7430.bugfix
+++ b/news/7430.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Warn if an invalid URL is passed with --index-url
+Warn when an invalid URL is passed with ``--index-url``
diff --git a/news/7729.feature b/news/7729.feature
index de4f6e7c8d7..6d050fe1414 100644
--- a/news/7729.feature
+++ b/news/7729.feature
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-Cache the result of parse_links() to avoid re-tokenizing a find-links page multiple times over a pip run.
-
-This change significantly improves resolve performance when --find-links points to a very large html page.
+Significantly improve performance when ``--find-links`` points to a very large HTML page.
diff --git a/news/7731.bugfix b/news/7731.bugfix
index a73391027fe..7e9e17554e6 100644
--- a/news/7731.bugfix
+++ b/news/7731.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Avoid using the current directory for check, freeze, install, list and show commands, when invoked as 'python -m pip <command>'
+Remove current directory from ``sys.path`` when invoked as ``python -m pip <command>``
diff --git a/news/7826.feature b/news/7826.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c6897cc802..00000000000
--- a/news/7826.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Replaced remaining uses of '%' formatting with .format. Fixed two regressions introduced in earlier attempts.
diff --git a/news/7856.bugfix b/news/7856.bugfix
index 209805d81e8..50bf6810dd7 100644
--- a/news/7856.bugfix
+++ b/news/7856.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Uninstallation no longer fails on trying to remove non-existent files.
+Stop failing uninstallation, when trying to remove non-existent files.
diff --git a/news/7962.bugfix b/news/7962.bugfix
index 76c3442d053..6ee2cc55c5b 100644
--- a/news/7962.bugfix
+++ b/news/7962.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Significantly speedup ``pip list --outdated`` through parallelizing index interaction.
+Significantly speedup ``pip list --outdated`` by parallelizing index interaction.
diff --git a/news/8013.bugfix b/news/8013.bugfix
index a6e8fcb28e7..767b749e0c8 100644
--- a/news/8013.bugfix
+++ b/news/8013.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fix Windows folder writable detection.
+Improve Windows compatibility when detecting writability in folder.
diff --git a/news/8075.bugfix b/news/8075.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index e4b891dbdf8..00000000000
--- a/news/8075.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Correctly allow prereleases when the user requires them in the new resolver.
diff --git a/news/pytoml.vendor b/news/pytoml.vendor
index a0d77417073..4f7e9b335a7 100644
--- a/news/pytoml.vendor
+++ b/news/pytoml.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Drop ``pytoml`` from vendored libaries.
+Remove pytoml as a vendored dependency.
diff --git a/news/toml.vendor b/news/toml.vendor
index 636b06b5c2f..ead9e5c9a29 100644
--- a/news/toml.vendor
+++ b/news/toml.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Add ``toml`` 0.10.0 to vendored libraries.
+Add toml as a vendored dependency.