diff --git a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
index aa6e85fa0f0..654ef3d0247 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
@@ -149,10 +149,9 @@ class DeprecatedRemoved(Directive):
 
 import re
 import codecs
-from docutils.statemachine import string2lines
-from sphinx.util.nodes import nested_parse_with_titles
 
-issue_re = re.compile('Issue #([0-9]+)')
+issue_re = re.compile('([Ii])ssue #([0-9]+)')
+whatsnew_re = re.compile(r"(?im)^what's new in (.*?)\??$")
 
 class MiscNews(Directive):
     has_content = False
@@ -166,8 +165,10 @@ class MiscNews(Directive):
         source = self.state_machine.input_lines.source(
             self.lineno - self.state_machine.input_offset - 1)
         source_dir = path.dirname(path.abspath(source))
+        fpath = path.join(source_dir, fname)
+        self.state.document.settings.record_dependencies.add(fpath)
         try:
-            fp = codecs.open(path.join(source_dir, fname), encoding='utf-8')
+            fp = codecs.open(fpath, encoding='utf-8')
             try:
                 content = fp.read()
             finally:
@@ -176,8 +177,9 @@ class MiscNews(Directive):
             text = 'The NEWS file is not available.'
             node = nodes.strong(text, text)
             return [node]
-        content = issue_re.sub(r'`Issue #\1 <http://bugs.python.org/\1>`__',
+        content = issue_re.sub(r'`\1ssue #\2 <http://bugs.python.org/\2>`__',
                                content)
+        content = whatsnew_re.sub(r'\1', content)
         # remove first 3 lines as they are the main heading
         lines = content.splitlines()[3:]
         self.state_machine.insert_input(lines, fname)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/news.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/changelog.rst
similarity index 87%
rename from Doc/whatsnew/news.rst
rename to Doc/whatsnew/changelog.rst
index 2f81ed364be..680d110e0d5 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/news.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-+++++++++++
-Python News
-+++++++++++
++++++++++
+Changelog
++++++++++
 
 .. raw:: html
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst
index e23beea1304..29902e407c8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ anyone wishing to stay up-to-date after a new release.
    2.1.rst
    2.0.rst
 
-The "Python News" is a HTML version of the file :source:`Misc/NEWS` which
-contains *all* nontrivial changes to Python.
+The "Changelog" is a HTML version of the file :source:`Misc/NEWS` which
+contains *all* nontrivial changes to Python for the current version.
 
 .. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 1
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
-   news.rst
+   changelog.rst
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0c7f005f58e..627bd09b4e8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Library
 - Issue #15509: webbrowser.UnixBrowser no longer passes empty arguments to
   Popen when %action substitutions produce empty strings.
 
-- Issues #12776, #11839: call argparse type function (specified by add_argument)
+- Issue #12776, issue #11839: call argparse type function (specified by add_argument)
   only once. Before, the type function was called twice in the case where the
   default was specified and the argument was given as well.  This was especially
   problematic for the FileType type, as a default file would always be opened,