diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/adds-support-for-trunk-ports-7301a258dca0c469.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/adds-support-for-trunk-ports-7301a258dca0c469.yaml
index b604d0207..2146c460d 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/adds-support-for-trunk-ports-7301a258dca0c469.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/adds-support-for-trunk-ports-7301a258dca0c469.yaml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ features:
     Updates neutron containers to contain a version of
     networking-generic-switch with support for trunk ports when using DellOS 10
     or Cisco switches. See this `PR
-    <https://github.com/stackhpc/networking-generic-switch/pull/53>`_ for more
+    <https://github.com/stackhpc/networking-generic-switch/pull/53>`__ for more
     details.
   - |
     Updates neutron containers to contain a version of
     networking-generic-switch with support for DellOS 10. See this `PR
-    <https://github.com/stackhpc/networking-generic-switch/pull/51>`_ for more
+    <https://github.com/stackhpc/networking-generic-switch/pull/51>`__ for more
     details.
-
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bugfix-smart-rules-53ff5400e7f681c8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bugfix-smart-rules-53ff5400e7f681c8.yaml
index 8da7f80fc..50edfe142 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/bugfix-smart-rules-53ff5400e7f681c8.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bugfix-smart-rules-53ff5400e7f681c8.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ---
-
 fixes:
   - |
-    Fixed a syntax error in Prometheus SMART monitoring rules
-
+    Fixed a syntax error in Prometheus SMART monitoring rules.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/kolla-local-builds-eca0277a969803fd.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/kolla-local-builds-eca0277a969803fd.yaml
index a472ab6fa..810295354 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/kolla-local-builds-eca0277a969803fd.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/kolla-local-builds-eca0277a969803fd.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ features:
     when set to ``true``, configures the local Pulp server to sync all package
     repositories required for building kolla containers on a local kolla build
     host.
-
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/smart-mon-db8fa642c3af74b1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/smart-mon-db8fa642c3af74b1.yaml
index feaec4dbe..0d4e0ace3 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/smart-mon-db8fa642c3af74b1.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/smart-mon-db8fa642c3af74b1.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 ---
-
 features:
   - Enables SMART monitoring. Manual action is required, please see the monitoring documentation for the procedure.