diff --git a/docs/source/2016-news.rst b/docs/source/2016-news.rst
index 33d41258..37ae0ce6 100644
--- a/docs/source/2016-news.rst
+++ b/docs/source/2016-news.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Core
 ++++
 
 - fix: Ensure response to HEAD request won't have message body  
-- fix: lock domain socket and remove on last arbiter exit (:issue:`#1220`)
+- fix: lock domain socket and remove on last arbiter exit (:issue:`1220`)
 - improvement: use EnvironmentError instead of socket.error (:issue:`939`)
 - add: new $FORWARDDED_ALLOW_IPS environment variable (:issue:`1205`)
 - fix: infinite recursion when destroying sockets (:issue:`1219`)
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ Core
 Workers
 +++++++
 
-- fix access logging in gaiohttp worker (:issue:`#1193`)
-- eventlet: handle QUIT in a new coroutine (:issue:`#1217`)
-- gevent: remove obsolete exception clauses in run (:issue:`#1218`)
+- fix access logging in gaiohttp worker (:issue:`1193`)
+- eventlet: handle QUIT in a new coroutine (:issue:`1217`)
+- gevent: remove obsolete exception clauses in run (:issue:`1218`)
 - tornado: fix extra "Server" response header (:issue:`1246`)
 - fix: unblock the wait loop under python 3.5 in sync worker (:issue:`1256`)
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Logging
 
 - fix: log message for listener reloading (:issue:`1181`)
 - Let logging module handle traceback printing (:issue:`1201`)
-- improvement: 	Allow configuring logger_class with statsd_host (:issue:`#1188`)
+- improvement: 	Allow configuring logger_class with statsd_host (:issue:`1188`)
 - fix: traceback formatting (:issue:`1235`)
 - fix: print error logs on stderr and access logs on stdout (:issue:`1184`)