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@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc4 (2016-08-05)
 Changes:
 
 * Change the way we summarize URLs when previewing (PR #973)
-* Add new /state_ids federation API (PR #979)
-* Speed up processing of /state/ response (PR #986)
+* Add new ``/state_ids/`` federation API (PR #979)
+* Speed up processing of ``/state/`` response (PR #986)
 
 Bug fixes: