diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index d8442b9712..30705001e3 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -89,14 +89,6 @@ New features
     - Compaction history and stats are now saved to system keyspace
       (system.compaction_history table). You can access historiy via
       new 'nodetool compactionhistory' command or CQL.
-    - Added a new consistency level, LOCAL_ONE, that forces all CL.ONE operations to
-      execute only in the local datacenter.
-    - New replace_address to supplant the (now removed) replace_token and
-      replace_node workflows to replace a dead node in place.  Works like the
-      old options, but takes the IP address of the node to be replaced.
-    - A new CQLSSTableWriter class has been added. It is the equivalent of
-      the existing SSTableSimpleWriter/SSTableSimpleUnsortedWriter but is
-      CQL oriented.
 
 Upgrading
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@@ -199,7 +191,7 @@ Features
 
 Features
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-    - Added a new consistenct level, LOCAL_ONE, that forces all CL.ONE operations to
+    - Added a new consistency level, LOCAL_ONE, that forces all CL.ONE operations to
       execute only in the local datacenter.
     - New replace_address to supplant the (now removed) replace_token and
       replace_node workflows to replace a dead node in place.  Works like the
@@ -268,9 +260,9 @@ Upgrading
 
 Upgrading
 ---------
-    - 'nodetool upgradesstables' now only upgrade/rewrite sstables that are not
-      on the current version (which is usually what you want). Use the new -a
-      flag to recover the old behavior of rewriting all sstables.
+    - 'nodetool upgradesstables' now only upgrades/rewrites sstables that are
+      not on the current version (which is usually what you want). Use the new
+      -a flag to recover the old behavior of rewriting all sstables.
 
 Features
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