diff --git a/news/3651.removal b/news/3651.removal
index d7cbb0362..ed69b2c86 100644
--- a/news/3651.removal
+++ b/news/3651.removal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Remove the legacy format from pip list
+Remove the legacy format from pip list.
diff --git a/news/3654.removal b/news/3654.removal
index d7cbb0362..ed69b2c86 100644
--- a/news/3654.removal
+++ b/news/3654.removal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Remove the legacy format from pip list
+Remove the legacy format from pip list.
diff --git a/news/3905.bugfix b/news/3905.bugfix
index a719866fc..37fcaf273 100644
--- a/news/3905.bugfix
+++ b/news/3905.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Adjust path to selfcheck.json - remove virtualenv specific path and honor cache-dir in pip.conf
+Update pip's self-check logic to not use a virtualenv specific file and honor cache-dir.
diff --git a/news/4174.removal b/news/4174.removal
index a1362cf71..30fd3f0e9 100644
--- a/news/4174.removal
+++ b/news/4174.removal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Remove support for cleaning up #egg fragment postfixes
+Remove support for cleaning up #egg fragment postfixes.
diff --git a/news/512.doc b/news/512.doc
index e0382fbe4..6c35db573 100644
--- a/news/512.doc
+++ b/news/512.doc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Adding documentation for making pip use a proxy server
+Document how to use pip with a proxy server.
diff --git a/news/5127.bugfix b/news/5127.bugfix
index 4c03f450a..8a7880a37 100644
--- a/news/5127.bugfix
+++ b/news/5127.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Speed up printing of newly installed package versions
+Speed up printing of newly installed package versions.
diff --git a/news/5196.bugfix b/news/5196.bugfix
index 02c31e25f..405cc2a46 100644
--- a/news/5196.bugfix
+++ b/news/5196.bugfix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Restrict install time dependency warnings to directly-dependant packages
+Restrict install time dependency warnings to directly-dependant packages.
 
 Warning about the entire package set has resulted in users getting confused as
 to why pip is printing these warnings.
diff --git a/news/5249.bugfix b/news/5249.bugfix
index 32f8a9721..7b6ea48da 100644
--- a/news/5249.bugfix
+++ b/news/5249.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Remove username/password from log message when using index with basic auth
+Remove username/password from log message when using index with basic auth.
diff --git a/news/5261.doc b/news/5261.doc
index 61b2918db..01f48a36a 100644
--- a/news/5261.doc
+++ b/news/5261.doc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Clarify that the output of pip show is in RFC-compliant mail header format for people who want to parse the ouput.
+Document that the output of pip show is in RFC-compliant mail header format.
diff --git a/news/5293.bugfix b/news/5293.bugfix
index dc1379ba1..bff0d8daa 100644
--- a/news/5293.bugfix
+++ b/news/5293.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Remove trailing os.sep from PATH directories to avoid false negatives
\ No newline at end of file
+Remove trailing os.sep from PATH directories to avoid false negatives.
diff --git a/news/5311.bugfix b/news/5311.bugfix
index b9f3d74b1..dfa4663f1 100644
--- a/news/5311.bugfix
+++ b/news/5311.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fix "pip wheel pip" being blocked by the "don't use pip to modify itself" check
+Fix "pip wheel pip" being blocked by the "don't use pip to modify itself" check.
diff --git a/news/5312.bugfix b/news/5312.bugfix
index b9f3d74b1..dfa4663f1 100644
--- a/news/5312.bugfix
+++ b/news/5312.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fix "pip wheel pip" being blocked by the "don't use pip to modify itself" check
+Fix "pip wheel pip" being blocked by the "don't use pip to modify itself" check.
diff --git a/news/5319.feature b/news/5319.feature
index 25041dcdb..08fd1a7d4 100644
--- a/news/5319.feature
+++ b/news/5319.feature
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Improve status message when upgrade is skipped due to only-if-needed strategy
+Improve status message when upgrade is skipped due to only-if-needed strategy.
diff --git a/news/5325.bugfix b/news/5325.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d79eb054..000000000
--- a/news/5325.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add test for PR 5293: Remove trailing os.sep to avoid false negatives
diff --git a/news/5347.bugfix b/news/5347.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 195710772..000000000
--- a/news/5347.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix the revendoring script no to rewrite unrelated import that starts suspicious. 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/news/5381.bugfix b/news/5381.bugfix
index 899fd4908..c50b2212a 100644
--- a/news/5381.bugfix
+++ b/news/5381.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Improve error message to be  more specific when no files are found as listed in as listed in PKG-INFO.
+Improve error message to be more specific when no files are found as listed in as listed in PKG-INFO.
diff --git a/news/5416.bugfix b/news/5416.bugfix
index 2f7707e0c..f5aff2abe 100644
--- a/news/5416.bugfix
+++ b/news/5416.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Start refusing to install packages with non PEP-518 compliant pyproject.toml
+Warn when a project's pyproject.toml file does not contain ``build-system.requires``.
diff --git a/news/5457.bugfix b/news/5457.bugfix
index 02c31e25f..405cc2a46 100644
--- a/news/5457.bugfix
+++ b/news/5457.bugfix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Restrict install time dependency warnings to directly-dependant packages
+Restrict install time dependency warnings to directly-dependant packages.
 
 Warning about the entire package set has resulted in users getting confused as
 to why pip is printing these warnings.
diff --git a/news/5512.bugfix b/news/5512.bugfix
index 2f7707e0c..f5aff2abe 100644
--- a/news/5512.bugfix
+++ b/news/5512.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Start refusing to install packages with non PEP-518 compliant pyproject.toml
+Warn when a project's pyproject.toml file does not contain ``build-system.requires``.
diff --git a/news/5574.doc b/news/5574.doc
index e0382fbe4..6c35db573 100644
--- a/news/5574.doc
+++ b/news/5574.doc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Adding documentation for making pip use a proxy server
+Document how to use pip with a proxy server.
diff --git a/news/cachecontrol.vendor b/news/cachecontrol.vendor
index 1affedb83..a4c1b5ff5 100644
--- a/news/cachecontrol.vendor
+++ b/news/cachecontrol.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update CacheControl to 0.12.5
+Update CacheControl to 0.12.5.
diff --git a/news/certifi.vendor b/news/certifi.vendor
index e03c3ae1c..751544d7a 100644
--- a/news/certifi.vendor
+++ b/news/certifi.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update certifi to 2018.4.16
+Update certifi to 2018.4.16.
diff --git a/news/distro.vendor b/news/distro.vendor
index a21167d38..347a6f6ab 100644
--- a/news/distro.vendor
+++ b/news/distro.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update distro to 1.3.0
+Update distro to 1.3.0.
diff --git a/news/idna.vendor b/news/idna.vendor
index e0491b2d6..c959331aa 100644
--- a/news/idna.vendor
+++ b/news/idna.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update idna to 2.7
+Update idna to 2.7.
diff --git a/news/ipaddress.vendor b/news/ipaddress.vendor
index 4df2e8374..091d12ad5 100644
--- a/news/ipaddress.vendor
+++ b/news/ipaddress.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update ipaddress to 1.0.22
+Update ipaddress to 1.0.22.
diff --git a/news/pkg_resources.vendor b/news/pkg_resources.vendor
index ebde0d1dd..f04b46c47 100644
--- a/news/pkg_resources.vendor
+++ b/news/pkg_resources.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update pkg_resources to 39.2.0 (via setuptools)
+Update pkg_resources to 39.2.0 (via setuptools).
diff --git a/news/progress.vendor b/news/progress.vendor
index 583728427..513f57ef8 100644
--- a/news/progress.vendor
+++ b/news/progress.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update progress to 1.4
+Update progress to 1.4.
diff --git a/news/pytoml.vendor b/news/pytoml.vendor
index 122491173..f7c6faaa2 100644
--- a/news/pytoml.vendor
+++ b/news/pytoml.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update pytoml to 0.1.16
+Update pytoml to 0.1.16.
diff --git a/news/requests.vendor b/news/requests.vendor
index 1144da4c6..b6a9c0bad 100644
--- a/news/requests.vendor
+++ b/news/requests.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update requests to 2.19.1
+Update requests to 2.19.1.
diff --git a/news/urllib3.vendor b/news/urllib3.vendor
index d854f4703..e89ae636c 100644
--- a/news/urllib3.vendor
+++ b/news/urllib3.vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Update urllib3 to 1.23
+Update urllib3 to 1.23.