diff --git a/newsfragments/46231.significant.rst b/newsfragments/46231.significant.rst
index 8d9081c1c692a..9d0ab34a438e2 100644
--- a/newsfragments/46231.significant.rst
+++ b/newsfragments/46231.significant.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.. Moving EmptyOperator from Airflow core to the ``standard`` provider.
+Moving EmptyOperator from Airflow core to the ``standard`` provider.
 
-.. EmptyOperator has been moved from Airflow core (``airflow.operators directory``) to the ``standard`` provider.
+EmptyOperator has been moved from Airflow core (``airflow.operators directory``) to the ``standard`` provider.
 For new and existing DAGs, users must import ``EmptyOperator`` from ``airflow.providers.standard.operators.empty``.
 
 * Types of change
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ For new and existing DAGs, users must import ``EmptyOperator`` from ``airflow.pr
   * [ ] Dependency changes
   * [ ] Code interface changes
 
-.. List the migration rules needed for this change (see https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/41641)
-
 * Migration rules needed
 
   * ruff
diff --git a/newsfragments/46375.significant.rst b/newsfragments/46375.significant.rst
index fd3a91ad7157b..b8443726d4120 100644
--- a/newsfragments/46375.significant.rst
+++ b/newsfragments/46375.significant.rst
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ Any occurrences of the ``secrets_masker`` module will have to be updated from ``
 
     * AIR302
 
-      * [ ] ``airflow.utils.log.secrets_masker`` -> ``airflow.sdk.execution_time.secrets_masker``
+      * [ ] ``airflow.utils.log.secrets_masker`` → ``airflow.sdk.execution_time.secrets_masker``
diff --git a/newsfragments/46408.significant.rst b/newsfragments/46408.significant.rst
index 5088f81d4d8b1..dc04bd4d701a9 100644
--- a/newsfragments/46408.significant.rst
+++ b/newsfragments/46408.significant.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ If these config options are still present, they will have no effect any longer.
 
   * ``airflow config lint``
 
-    * Remove ``[logging] dag_processor_manager_log_location``
-    * Remove ``[logging] dag_processor_manager_log_stdout``
-    * Remove ``[logging] log_processor_filename_template``
+    * [ ] ``[logging] dag_processor_manager_log_location``
+    * [ ] ``[logging] dag_processor_manager_log_stdout``
+    * [ ] ``[logging] log_processor_filename_template``
diff --git a/scripts/ci/pre_commit/significant_newsfragments_checker.py b/scripts/ci/pre_commit/significant_newsfragments_checker.py
index afd13bb2d9eac..61a4bcbe02b6b 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/pre_commit/significant_newsfragments_checker.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/pre_commit/significant_newsfragments_checker.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     {% endfor %}
     {%- endfor %}
 {%- endif -%}
-{% if undone_config_rules -%}
+{%- if undone_config_rules %}
 ======airflow config lint rules======
 {% for rule in undone_config_rules %}* {{ rule }}
 {% endfor %}
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ def _extract_check_list_item(node: docutils.nodes.Node) -> tuple[bool, str]:
             raise ValueError(f"Incorrect format {node.astext()}")
 
         text = node.astext()
+        if text[0] != "[" or text[2] != "]":
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{text} should be a checklist (e.g., * [ ] ``logging.dag_processor_manager_log_location``)"
+            )
         return text[:3] == "[x]", text[4:]
 
     @property