diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7439a6ce21..10daec629d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 248:
           systemd.network files gained a new ActivationPolicy= setting which
           allows configuring how the UP state of an interface shall be managed,
           i.e. whether the interface is always upped, always downed, or may be
-          upped/downed by the user using "ip dev".
+          upped/downed by the user using "ip link set dev".
 
         * The default for the Broadcast= setting in .network files has slightly
           changed: the broadcast address will not be configured for wireguard
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 248:
           be restored for individual services with NoExecPaths=/dev (or by allow-
           listing and excluding /dev from ExecPaths=).
 
-        * Permissions for /dev/vsock are now set to 0o666, and /dev/vhost-vsock
+        * Permissions for /dev/vsock are now set to 0666, and /dev/vhost-vsock
           and /dev/vhost-net are owned by the kvm group.
 
         * The hardware database has been extended with a list of fingerprint