diff --git a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/0.2.rst b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/0.2.rst
index db348872bda492d32afbbd3727b6a6da6f7b14f6..392ef188a156c740af739bd02daa5bf436f80deb 100644
--- a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/0.2.rst
+++ b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/0.2.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What's New in Kwant 0.2
+What's new in Kwant 0.2
 =======================
 
 This article explains the user-visible changes in Kwant 0.2.  Kwant 0.2 was
diff --git a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.0.rst b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.0.rst
index f1dc39a9066abea64e91b1a7a00197dc490200f5..5f4af8ab878e2ef169c1ec43a480c60b7c06a7b4 100644
--- a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.0.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What's New in Kwant 1.0
+What's new in Kwant 1.0
 =======================
 
 This article explains the user-visible changes in Kwant 1.0, released on 8
diff --git a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/index.rst
index 6e16716c8b28b971c5b09a2508c299473d7c9737..fc007c32e55725aa702fd5ea76b00d728ba06ec7 100644
--- a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What's New in Kwant
+What's new in Kwant
 ===================
 
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