diff --git a/news/12204.feature.rst b/news/12204.feature.rst
index f905480d543..6ffdf5123b1 100644
--- a/news/12204.feature.rst
+++ b/news/12204.feature.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Improve use of datastructures to speed up candidate selection by 40%
+Improve use of datastructures to make candidate selection 1.6x faster
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_target_python.py b/tests/unit/test_target_python.py
index f14d599f1f1..b659c61fe08 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_target_python.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_target_python.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def test_format_given(self, kwargs: Dict[str, Any], expected: str) -> None:
             ((3, 7, 3), "37"),
             # Check a minor version with two digits.
             ((3, 10, 1), "310"),
-            # Check that versions=None is passed to get_tags().
+            # Check that versions=None is passed to get_sorted_tags().
             (None, None),
         ],
     )
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def test_get_sorted_tags(
 
     def test_get_unsorted_tags__uses_cached_value(self) -> None:
         """
-        Test that get_tags() uses the cached value.
+        Test that get_unsorted_tags() uses the cached value.
         """
         target_python = TargetPython(py_version_info=None)
         target_python._valid_tags_set = {