diff --git a/doc/release-notes.xml b/doc/release-notes.xml
index 739cdb777a0..ec605661ce7 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/release-notes.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ some of the more notable changes:</para>
   working X server (previously we only had X client libraries).  We
   use a fully Nixified X server on NixOS.</para></listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para>The Sun JDK 5 has been purified, i.e., it doesn’t
+  <listitem><para>The Sun JDK 5 has been purified, i.e., it doesn't
   require any non-Nix components such as
   <filename>/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>.  This means that Java
   applications such as Eclipse and Azureus can run on
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ hashing scheme in Nix 0.8.</para>
 <listitem>
 
   <para>Tarballs used by Nixpkgs are now obtained from the same server
-  that hosts Nixpkgs (<ulink url="http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl" />).
+  that hosts Nixpkgs (<ulink url="http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/" />).
   This reduces the risk of packages being unbuildable due to moved or
   deleted files on various servers.</para>