diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 77138e376..13ac638b9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -88,21 +88,21 @@ Features added
 * #11592: Add :confval:`coverage_modules` to the coverage builder
   to allow explicitly specifying which modules should be documented.
   Patch by Stephen Finucane.
-* #7896, #11989: Add a :rst:dir:`py:type` directiv for documenting type aliases,
+* #7896, #11989: Add a :rst:dir:`py:type` directive for documenting type aliases,
   and a :rst:role:`py:type` role for linking to them.
   Patch by Ashley Whetter.
-* #12549 Add optional ``description`` argument to
-  :meth:`~sphinx.application.Sphinx.add_config_value`.
+* #12549: Add optional ``description`` argument to
+  :meth:`.Sphinx.add_config_value`.
   Patch by Chris Sewell.
 * #6792: Prohibit module import cycles in :mod:`sphinx.ext.autosummary`.
   Patch by Trevor Bekolay.
 * #12508: LaTeX: Revamped styling of all admonitions, with addition of a
   title row with icon.
   Patch by Jean-François B.
-* #11773: Display :py:class:`~typing.Annotated` annotations
+* #11773: Display :py:attr:`~typing.Annotated` annotations
   with their metadata in the Python domain.
   Patch by Adam Turner and David Stansby.
-* #12506 Add ``level`` option to :rst:dir:`rubric` directive.
+* #12506: Add ``level`` option to :rst:dir:`rubric` directive.
   Patch by Chris Sewell.
 * #12567: Add the :event:`write-started` event.
   Patch by Chris Sewell.
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ Features added
 * #9391: texinfo: improve variable in ``samp`` role
 * #9578: texinfo: Add :confval:`texinfo_cross_references` to disable cross
   references for readability with standalone readers
-* #9822 (and #9062), add new Intersphinx role :rst:role:`external` for explicit
+* #9822, #9062: add new Intersphinx role :rst:role:`external` for explicit
   lookup in the external projects, without resolving to the local project.
 
 Bugs fixed
@@ -3720,7 +3720,7 @@ Features added
   signature
 * #1063: autodoc: ``automodule`` directive now handles undocumented module level
   variables
-* #6212 autosummary: Add :confval:`autosummary_imported_members` to display
+* #6212: autosummary: Add :confval:`autosummary_imported_members` to display
   imported members on autosummary
 * #6271: ``make clean`` is catastrophically broken if building into '.'
 * #6363: Support ``%O%`` environment variable in make.bat
@@ -4002,7 +4002,7 @@ Features added
 * #4981: C++, added an alias directive for inserting lists of declarations,
   that references existing declarations (e.g., for making a synopsis).
 * C++: add ``cpp:struct`` to complement ``cpp:class``.
-* #1341 the HTML search considers words that contain a search term of length
+* #1341: the HTML search considers words that contain a search term of length
   three or longer a match.
 * #4611: epub: Show warning for duplicated ToC entries
 * #1851: Allow to omit an argument for :rst:dir:`code-block` directive.  If
@@ -5341,7 +5341,7 @@ Features added
 * #3449: On py3, autodoc use inspect.signature for more accurate signature
   calculation. Thanks to Nathaniel J. Smith.
 * #3641: Epub theme supports HTML structures that are generated by HTML5 writer.
-* #3644 autodoc uses inspect instead of checking types. Thanks to
+* #3644: autodoc uses inspect instead of checking types. Thanks to
   Jeroen Demeyer.
 * Add a new extension; ``sphinx.ext.imgconverter``. It converts images in the
   document to appropriate format for builders