diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7191ec97c02..be80dc9d897 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Bugs fixed
   when ``autodoc_preserve_defaults`` is ``True``.
 * Restore support string methods on path objects.
   This is deprecated and will be removed in Sphinx 8.
-  Use :py:func`os.fspath` to convert :py:class:~`pathlib.Path` objects to strings,
-  or :py:class:~`pathlib.Path`'s methods to work with path objects.
+  Use :py:func`os.fspath` to convert :py:class:`~pathlib.Path` objects to strings,
+  or :py:class:`~pathlib.Path`'s methods to work with path objects.
 
 Release 7.2.2 (released Aug 17, 2023)
 =====================================
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Bugs fixed
   which several extensions relied upon.
 * Fixed a type error in ``SingleFileHTMLBuilder._get_local_toctree``,
   ``includehidden`` may be passed as a string or a boolean.
-* Fix ``:noindex:`` for ``PyModule`` and JSModule``.
+* Fix ``:noindex:`` for ``PyModule`` and ``JSModule``.
 
 Release 7.2.1 (released Aug 17, 2023)
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