Tweak and reword release notes

diff --git a/doc/notes/notes-9.18.7.rst b/doc/notes/notes-9.18.7.rst
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--- a/doc/notes/notes-9.18.7.rst
+++ b/doc/notes/notes-9.18.7.rst
@@ -50,23 +50,24 @@ Feature Changes
   subject to wildcard processing within a given zone as the same name,
   to prevent circumventing the limits enforced by RRL. :gl:`#3459`
 
-- Zones using ``dnssec-policy`` now require dynamic DNS or
-  ``inline-signing`` to be configured explicitly :gl:`#3381`.
+- Zones using :any:`dnssec-policy` now require dynamic DNS or
+  :any:`inline-signing` to be configured explicitly. :gl:`#3381`
 
-- When reconfiguring ``dnssec-policy`` from using NSEC with an NSEC-only DNSKEY
-  algorithm (e.g. RSASHA1) to a policy that uses NSEC3, BIND will no longer fail
-  to sign the zone, but keep using NSEC for a little longer until the offending
-  DNSKEY records have been removed from the zone, then switch to using NSEC3.
-  :gl:`#3486`
+- When reconfiguring :any:`dnssec-policy` from using NSEC with an
+  NSEC-only DNSKEY algorithm (e.g. RSASHA1) to a policy that uses NSEC3,
+  BIND 9 no longer fails to sign the zone; instead, it keeps using NSEC
+  until the offending DNSKEY records have been removed from the zone,
+  then switches to using NSEC3. :gl:`#3486`
 
-- Implement a backwards compatible approach for encoding the internationalized
-  domain names (IDN) in dig, and convert the domain to IDNA2008 form, and if
-  that fails try the IDNA2003 conversion. :gl:`#3485`
+- A backward-compatible approach was implemented for encoding
+  internationalized domain names (IDN) in :iscman:`dig` and converting
+  the domain to IDNA2008 form; if that fails, BIND tries an IDNA2003
+  conversion. :gl:`#3485`
 
 Bug Fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
-- Fix a serve-stale bug, where BIND would try to return stale data from cache
-  for lookups that received duplicate queries or queries that would be dropped.
-  This bug resulted in premature SERVFAIL responses, and has now been resolved.
-  :gl:`#2982`
+- A serve-stale bug was fixed, where BIND would try to return stale data
+  from cache for lookups that received duplicate queries or queries that
+  would be dropped. This bug resulted in premature SERVFAIL responses,
+  and has now been resolved. :gl:`#2982`