diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-* Major changes in Autoconf 2.50                       -*- outline -*-
+* Major changes in Autoconf 2.50a                       -*- outline -*-
+
+* Major changes in Autoconf 2.50
 
 ** Lots of bug fixes
-Way too many for us to spell them out.  Check out ChangeLog if you
-really want to know more.
+There have been far too many to enumerate them here.  Check out
+ChangeLog if you really want to know more.
 
 ** Improved documentation
-In particular portability issues are better covered.
+In particular, portability issues are better covered.
 
 ** Use of Automake
 All the standard GNU Makefile targets are supported.  The layout has
 changed: m4/ holds the m4 extensions Autoconf needs for its
-configuration, doc/ contains the documentation, and tests/ the test
-suite.
+configuration, doc/ contains the documentation, and tests/ contains
+the test suite.
 
 ** Man pages are provided
 For autoconf, autoreconf, autoupdate, autoheader, autoscan, ifnames,
@@ -40,21 +42,21 @@ autoupdate is much more powerful, and is able to provide the glue code
 which might be needed to move from an old macro to its newer
 equivalent.
 
-You are strongly encouraged to use it both to modernize your
-`configure.in', but also your .m4 extension files.
+You are strongly encouraged to use it to modernize both your
+`configure.in' and your .m4 extension files.
 
 ** autoheader
 The internal machinery of autoheader has completely changed.  As a
-result, using an `acconfig.h' should be considered as obsoleted, and
+result, using `acconfig.h' should be considered to be obsoleted, and
 you are encouraged to get rid of it using the AH macros.
 
 ** autoreconf
-Deep overhaul.
+Extensive overhaul.
 
 ** Fortran 77 compilers
 Globally, the support for Fortran 77 is considerably improved.
 
-Support for automatically determining a Fortran 77 compilers
+Support for automatically determining a Fortran 77 compiler's
 name-mangling scheme.  New CPP macros F77_FUNC and F77_FUNC_ are
 provided to wrap C/C++ identifiers, thus making it easier and more
 transparent for C/C++ to call Fortran 77 routines, and Fortran 77 to
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ call C/C++ routines.  See the Texinfo documentation for details.
 
 ** Test suite
 The test suite no longer uses DejaGNU.  It should be easy to submit
-test cases in this new frame work.
+test cases in this new framework.
 
 ** configure
 - --help, --help=long, -hl