diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 370b6a0..2212aef 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: tryCatchLog
 Title: Advanced 'tryCatch()' and 'try()' Functions
 Version: 1.0.2
 Authors@R: person("Jürgen", "Altfeld", email = "jaltfeld@altfeld-im.de", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"))
-Description: Advanced 'tryCatch()' and 'try()' functions for better error handling
+Description: Advanced tryCatch() and try() functions for better error handling
              (logging, stack trace with source code references and support for post-mortem analysis).
 Imports:
     utils,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6ccbc77..14a9bb4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 <!--
+This file describes the major changes of bug fixes in the package "tryCatchLog"
+
 For the conventions for files NEWS and ChangeLog in the GNU project see
 https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Documentation
 -->
 
-# tryCatchLog package: Change history
-
-This file describes the major changes of bug fixes in the package "tryCatchLog"
-
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-## upcoming (planned to be released in the next version)
 
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 # Version 1.0.2 (May 8, 2018)