diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index bf7098cc..84684eec 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+v4.12.0
+=======
+
+* py-93259: Now raise ``ValueError`` when ``None`` or an empty
+  string are passed to ``Distribution.from_name`` (and other
+  callers).
+
 v4.11.4
 =======
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0192ca80..ec2bfe59 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
                 pattern=r'PEP[- ](?P<pep_number>\d+)',
                 url='https://peps.python.org/pep-{pep_number:0>4}/',
             ),
+            dict(
+                pattern=r'(Python #|py-)(?P<python>\d+)',
+                url='https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/{python}',
+            ),
         ],
     )
 }