diff --git a/docs/src/markdown/about/changelog.md b/docs/src/markdown/about/changelog.md
index d0669c071..226b54ec0 100644
--- a/docs/src/markdown/about/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/src/markdown/about/changelog.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 - **NEW**: MagicLink: add GitHub Discussions support to MagicLink. Can now use `?<num>` to link discussions. Full
   discussion links will also be shortened if shortening is enabled. (#1187)
 - **NEW**: MagicLink: add new `normalize_issue_symbols` option to make issues, pull request, and discussion links all
-  render with `#` instead of `#`, `!`, and `?` respectively. Input syntax is still the same.
+  render with `#` instead of `#`, `!`, and `?` respectively. Input syntax is still the same. Great if you want a GitHub
+  style look where all issue types are just rendered with `#`.
 - **FIX**: MagicLink: documentation will not render links with special icons added via CSS so as not to confuse users
   that may think that is part of MagicLink. While possible with CSS, MagicLink provides no CSS automatically.
 - **FIX**: Tabbed &amp; Details: Fix corner case with lists. (#1225)
diff --git a/pymdownx/__meta__.py b/pymdownx/__meta__.py
index 6ad3dae7d..c22828a60 100644
--- a/pymdownx/__meta__.py
+++ b/pymdownx/__meta__.py
@@ -185,5 +185,5 @@ def parse_version(ver, pre=False):
     return Version(major, minor, micro, release, pre, post, dev)
 
 
-__version_info__ = Version(8, 2, 0, ".dev")
+__version_info__ = Version(8, 2, 0, "final")
 __version__ = __version_info__._get_canonical()