diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_2.0/bugfix_2017-Oct-24_abspath_fileloading.txt b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_2.0/bugfix_2017-Oct-24_abspath_fileloading.txt
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+* Lazy data now refers to absolute paths rather than preserving the form that was passed to iris.load functions. This means that it is possible to use relative paths at load, change working directory, and still expect to be able to load any lazy data. (#2325)
diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_2.0/bugfix_2017-Oct-24_file_sorting.txt b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_2.0/bugfix_2017-Oct-24_file_sorting.txt
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+* The order in which files are passed to iris.load functions is now the order in which they are processed. (#2325)
diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_2.0/enhancement_2017-Oct-24_area-weights-speedup.txt b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_2.0/enhancement_2017-Oct-24_area-weights-speedup.txt
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+ * Upto 3x speedup when using regrid_area_weighted_rectilinear_src_and_grid with non-masked data. (#2730)