diff --git a/doc/changelog/2.0.0-changelog.rst b/doc/changelog/2.0.0-changelog.rst
index 994594aa31c1..4e686050e6df 100644
--- a/doc/changelog/2.0.0-changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog/2.0.0-changelog.rst
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ names contributed a patch for the first time.
 Pull requests merged
 ====================
 
-A total of 965 pull requests were merged for this release.
+A total of 968 pull requests were merged for this release.
 
 * `#15457 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/15457>`__: BUG: Adds support for array parameter declaration in fortran...
 * `#21199 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/21199>`__: ENH: expose datetime.c functions to cython
@@ -1166,4 +1166,7 @@ A total of 965 pull requests were merged for this release.
 * `#25977 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25977>`__: REL: Prepare for the NumPy 2.0.0b1 release [wheel build]
 * `#25983 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25983>`__: CI: fix last docbuild warnings
 * `#25986 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25986>`__: BLD: push a tag builds a wheel
+* `#25987 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25987>`__: REL: Prepare for the NumPy 2.0.0b1 release (2) [wheel build]
+* `#25994 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25994>`__: DOC: remove reverted release blurb [skip actions][skip azp][skip...
+* `#25996 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25996>`__: CI: don't use ``fetch-tags`` in wheel build jobs
 
diff --git a/doc/source/release/2.0.0-notes.rst b/doc/source/release/2.0.0-notes.rst
index b570c788ea9e..0121e2e06e2c 100644
--- a/doc/source/release/2.0.0-notes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/release/2.0.0-notes.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ NumPy 2.0.0 Release Notes
 
 NumPy 2.0.0 is the first major release since 2006. It is the result of 10
 months of development since the last feature release and is the work of 190
-contributors spread over 965 pull requests. It contains a large number of
+contributors spread over 968 pull requests. It contains a large number of
 exciting new features as well as changes to both the Python and C APIs.
 
 This major release includes breaking changes that could not happen in a regular
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ unicode strings rather than bytes.
 
 * The ``f2py.compile()`` helper has been removed because it leaked memory, has
   been marked as experimental for several years now, and was implemented as a
-  thin ``subprocess.run`` wrapper. It is also one of the test bottlenecks. See
+  thin ``subprocess.run`` wrapper. It was also one of the test bottlenecks. See
   `gh-25122 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/25122>`_ for the full
   rationale. It also used several ``np.distutils`` features which are too
   fragile to be ported to work with ``meson``.
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ NumPy 2.0 C API removals
   use ``PyArray_CopyInto`` and if absolutely needed ``PyArray_CopyAnyInto``
   (the latter does a flat copy).
 
-* ``PyArray_FillObjectArray`` is removed, its only true use is for
+* ``PyArray_FillObjectArray`` is removed, its only true use was for
   implementing ``np.empty``.  Create a new empty array or use
   ``PyArray_FillWithScalar()`` (decrefs existing objects).
 
diff --git a/numpy/fft/tests/test_pocketfft.py b/numpy/fft/tests/test_pocketfft.py
index 500d97282cde..535e5a9b1f52 100644
--- a/numpy/fft/tests/test_pocketfft.py
+++ b/numpy/fft/tests/test_pocketfft.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def test_identity_long_short(self, dtype):
         # Test with explicitly given number of points, both for n
         # smaller and for n larger than the input size.
         maxlen = 16
-        atol = 4 * np.spacing(np.array(1., dtype=dtype))
+        atol = 5 * np.spacing(np.array(1., dtype=dtype))
         x = random(maxlen).astype(dtype) + 1j*random(maxlen).astype(dtype)
         xx = np.concatenate([x, np.zeros_like(x)])
         xr = random(maxlen).astype(dtype)