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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
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@@ -4,39 +4,9 @@
 DPDK Release 16.07
 ==================
 
-.. **Read this first.**
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-   The text below explains how to update the release notes.
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-   Use proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation in all sections.
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-   Variable and config names should be quoted as fixed width text: ``LIKE_THIS``.
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-   Build the docs and view the output file to ensure the changes are correct::
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-      make doc-guides-html
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-      firefox build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.html
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 New Features
 ------------
 
-.. This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
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-   * **Add a title in the past tense with a full stop.**
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-     Add a short 1-2 sentence description in the past tense. The description
-     should be enough to allow someone scanning the release notes to understand
-     the new feature.
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-     If the feature adds a lot of sub-features you can use a bullet list like this.
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-     * Added feature foo to do something.
-     * Enhanced feature bar to do something else.
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-     Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
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 * **Removed the mempool cache memory if caching is not being used.**
 
   The size of the mempool structure is reduced if the per-lcore cache is disabled.
@@ -217,15 +187,6 @@ New Features
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
 
-.. This section should contain bug fixes added to the relevant sections. Sample format:
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-   * **code/section Fixed issue in the past tense with a full stop.**
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-     Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the resolved issue in the past tense.
-     The title should contain the code/lib section like a commit message.
-     Add the entries in alphabetic order in the relevant sections below.
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-
 EAL
 ~~~
 
@@ -289,33 +250,9 @@ Libraries
   counter. This lead to a memory leak of the direct mbuf.
 
 
-Examples
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-Other
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-Known Issues
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-.. This section should contain new known issues in this release. Sample format:
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-   * **Add title in present tense with full stop.**
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-     Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the known issue in the present
-     tense. Add information on any known workarounds.
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 API Changes
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-   * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change. Use fixed width
-     quotes for ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
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 * The following counters are removed from the ``rte_eth_stats`` structure:
 
   * ``ibadcrc``
@@ -354,10 +291,6 @@ API Changes
 ABI Changes
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-.. * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the ABI change that was announced in
-     the previous releases and made in this release. Use fixed width quotes for
-     ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
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 * The ``rte_port_source_params`` structure has new fields to support PCAP files.
   It was already in release 16.04 with ``RTE_NEXT_ABI`` flag.
 
@@ -372,8 +305,6 @@ ABI Changes
 Shared Library Versions
 -----------------------
 
-.. Update any library version updated in this release and prepend with a ``+`` sign.
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 The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
 
 .. code-block:: diff
@@ -412,16 +343,6 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
 Tested Platforms
 ----------------
 
-.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested with this
-   release.
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-   #. Platform name.
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-      - Platform details.
-      - Platform details.
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 #. SuperMicro 1U
 
    - BIOS: 1.0c
@@ -472,15 +393,6 @@ Tested Platforms
 Tested NICs
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-.. This section should contain a list of NICs that were tested with this release.
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-   The format is:
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-   #. NIC name.
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-      - NIC details.
-      - NIC details.
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 #. Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X540-AT2
 
    - Firmware version: 0x80000389
@@ -539,8 +451,6 @@ Tested NICs
 Tested OSes
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-.. This section should contain a list of OSes that were tested with this release.
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 - CentOS 7.0
 - Fedora 23
 - Fedora 24