diff --git a/doc/NEWS.md b/doc/NEWS.md
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  * cleanup: Rewrote `configure.in` as per suggestions in newer "`autoconf`" manuals
  * cleanup: replaced `header.in` with one generated by "`autoheader`", moving custom logic to a separate header file "`config-aux.h`"
  * cleanup: added copyright notice to all source files as per GNU standards
  * cleanup: changed "`--version`" output to conform to GNU standards
- * cleanup: replaced backticks with `$()` in all shell scripts that did not come from elsewhere
- * cleanup: extended the "`make test`" mechanism to allow certain tests to be skipped on platforms that cannot support them
+ * cleanup: replaced backticks with `$()` in all shell scripts that did not come from elsewhere, as backticks are deprecated and harder to read
  * cleanup: improved the output formatting of "`make test`"
- * cleanup: skip test 10 (for *SIGPIPE*) if GNU "`head`" is not available, so "`make test`" on stock OpenBSD 7.3 works
- * cleanup: replace all calls to `sprintf()` and `snprintf()` with a new wrapper function `pv_snprintf()` to centralise compatibility changes
+ * cleanup: extended the "`make test`" mechanism to allow certain tests to be skipped on platforms that cannot support them
+ * cleanup: skip the "pipe" test (for *SIGPIPE*) if GNU "`head`" is not available, so that "`make test`" on stock OpenBSD 7.3 works
+ * cleanup: replace all calls to `sprintf()` and `snprintf()` with a new wrapper function `pv_snprintf()` to improve security and compatibility
  * cleanup: replace all calls to `strcat()` with a wrapper `pv_strlcat()` to improve security and compatibility
- * cleanup: tidy up and fix compilation warning in "`--watchfd`" code
  * cleanup: replace all `write()` calls to the terminal with a wrapper `pv_write_retry()` for consistency
+ * cleanup: tidy up and fix compilation warning in "`--watchfd`" code
 
 1.7.0 - 17 July 2023
  * dropped: support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its derivatives has been dropped; removed the RPM spec file, and will no longer build binaries
diff --git a/doc/VERSION b/doc/VERSION
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