diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 58308a6c6bc..2cc27e82a3b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ Optimizations
 Bug Fixes
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-1. SOLR-1569: Allow functions to take in literal strings by modifying the FunctionQParser and adding LiteeralValueSource (gsingers)
+* SOLR-1569: Allow functions to take in literal strings by modifying the FunctionQParser and adding LiteeralValueSource (gsingers)
 
 Other Changes
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-1. SOLR-1561: Added Lucene 2.9.1 spatial contrib jar to lib. (gsingers)
+* SOLR-1561: Added Lucene 2.9.1 spatial contrib jar to lib. (gsingers)
 
 Build
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-1. SOLR-1522: Automated release signing process. (gsingers)
+* SOLR-1522: Automated release signing process. (gsingers)
 
 Documentation
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