diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c1eab0c2e..1ea09fff8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Changelog (Pillow)
 7.0.0 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
+- Change default resize resampling filter from NEAREST to BICUBIC #4255
+  [homm]
+
 - Better thumbnail aspect ratio preservation #4256
   [homm]
 
diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/7.0.0.rst b/docs/releasenotes/7.0.0.rst
index 01fa0b8a3..3c223852a 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes/7.0.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/7.0.0.rst
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Default resampling filter
 
 The default resampling filter has been changed to the high-quality convolution
 ``Image.BICUBIC`` instead of ``Image.NEAREST``, for the :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.resize`
-method and the :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageOps.pad``, :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageOps.scale``
-and :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageOps.fit`` functions.
+method and the :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageOps.pad`, :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageOps.scale`
+and :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageOps.fit` functions.
 ``Image.NEAREST`` is still always used for images in "P" and "1" modes.
 See :ref:`concept-filters` to learn the difference. In short,
 ``Image.NEAREST`` is a very fast filter, but simple and low-quality.
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ Image.__del__
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Implicitly closing the image's underlying file in ``Image.__del__`` has been removed.
-Use a context manager or call ``Image.close()`` instead to close the file in a
-deterministic way.
+Use a context manager or call :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.close` instead to close
+the file in a deterministic way.
 
 Previous method:
 
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ Use instead:
 Better thumbnail geometry
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-When calculating the new dimensions in ``Image.thumbnail``, round to the
-nearest integer, instead of always rounding down.
+When calculating the new dimensions in :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.thumbnail`,
+round to the nearest integer, instead of always rounding down.
 This better preserves the original aspect ratio.
 
 The last row and column in the image get the correct weight after