diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 74e2150688..f789dc649a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ The following deprecated APIs are removed.
 [Feature #16122]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16122
 [Feature #16131]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16131
 [Bug #16466]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16466
-[Feature #16663]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/#16663
+[Feature #16663]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16663
 [Feature #16806]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16806
 [Bug #16889]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16889
 [Bug #16908]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16908
@@ -636,23 +636,23 @@ The following deprecated APIs are removed.
 [Feature #18159]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18159
 [Feature #18351]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18351
 [Feature #18367]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18367
-[Bug #18435]:    https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/#18435
+[Bug #18435]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18435
 [Feature #18481]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18481
 [Bug #18487]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18487
 [Feature #18564]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18564
 [Feature #18571]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18571
 [Feature #18585]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18585
 [Feature #18589]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18589
-[Feature #18595]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/#18595
+[Feature #18595]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18595
 [Feature #18598]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18598
 [Bug #18625]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18625
 [Feature #18630]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18630
 [Bug #18633]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18633
 [Feature #18639]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18639
 [Feature #18685]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18685
-[Bug #18729]:    https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/#18729
-[Bug #18751]:    https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/#18751
-[Feature #18774]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/#18774
+[Bug #18729]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18729
+[Bug #18751]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18751
+[Feature #18774]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18774
 [Feature #18776]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18776
 [Bug #18782]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18782
 [Feature #18788]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18788
@@ -660,9 +660,9 @@ The following deprecated APIs are removed.
 [Feature #18809]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18809
 [Feature #18821]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18821
 [Feature #18824]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18824
-[Feature #18832]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/#18832
+[Feature #18832]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18832
 [Feature #18925]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18925
-[Feature #18944]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/#18944
+[Feature #18944]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18944
 [Feature #18949]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18949
 [Feature #18968]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18968
 [Feature #19008]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19008
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ The following deprecated APIs are removed.
 [Feature #19070]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19070
 [Feature #19071]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19071
 [Feature #19078]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19078
-[Bug #19087]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19087
+[Bug #19087]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19087
 [Bug #19100]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19100
 [Feature #19135]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19135
 [Feature #19138]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19138
diff --git a/tool/update-NEWS-refs.rb b/tool/update-NEWS-refs.rb
index 8be26b048e..4ee392f90c 100644
--- a/tool/update-NEWS-refs.rb
+++ b/tool/update-NEWS-refs.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if links.empty? || lines.last != ""
 end
 
 new_src = lines.join("\n").gsub(/\[?\[(Feature|Bug)\s+#(\d+)\]\]?/) do
-  links[$2] ||= "[#$1 ##$2]: ".ljust(17) + "https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/##$2"
+  links[$2] ||= "[#$1 ##$2]: ".ljust(18) + "https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/#$2"
   "[[#$1 ##$2]]"
 end.chomp + "\n\n" + links.keys.sort.map {|k| links[k] }.join("\n") + "\n"