diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/github-stats-7.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/github-stats-7.rst
index 0d8b28b..958954e 100644
--- a/docs/source/whatsnew/github-stats-7.rst
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/github-stats-7.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 Issues closed in the 7.x development cycle
 ==========================================
 
+Issues closed in 7.10.1
+-----------------------
+
+GitHub stats for 2019/11/27 - 2019/12/01 (tag: 7.10.0)
+
+These lists are automatically generated, and may be incomplete or contain duplicates.
+
+We closed 5 issues and merged 7 pull requests.
+The full list can be seen `on GitHub <https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues?q=milestone%3A7.10.1>`__
+
+The following 2 authors contributed 14 commits.
+
+* Jonathan Slenders
+* Matthias Bussonnier
+
 Issues closed in 7.10
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/tools/release_helper.sh b/tools/release_helper.sh
index 82a7bc0..bed8ed6 100644
--- a/tools/release_helper.sh
+++ b/tools/release_helper.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ then
     git log --format="%aN <%aE>" $PREV_RELEASE... | sort -u -f
 
     echo 
-    echo $BLUE"If you see any duplicates cancel (Ctrl-C), then edit .mailmap.\n"$GREEN"Press enter to continue:"$NOR
+    echo $BLUE"If you see any duplicates cancel (Ctrl-C), then edit .mailmap."
+    echo $GREEN"Press enter to continue:"$NOR
     read
 
     echo $BLUE"generating stats"$NOR