diff --git a/etc/NEWS.28 b/etc/NEWS.28
index d415a242fcb..8e38c3690c1 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.28
+++ b/etc/NEWS.28
@@ -1399,7 +1399,6 @@ keys, add the following to your init file:
 Using it instead of 'read-char-choice' allows using 'C-x o'
 to switch to the help window displayed after typing 'C-h'.
 
-
 +++
 ** Emacs 28.1 comes with Org v9.5.
 See the file ORG-NEWS for user-visible changes in Org.
@@ -1532,16 +1531,6 @@ used instead.
 When the bookmark.el library is loaded, a customize choice is added
 to 'tab-bar-new-tab-choice' for new tabs to show the bookmark list.
 
----
-*** The 'list-bookmarks' menu is now based on 'tabulated-list-mode'.
-The interactive bookmark list will now benefit from features in
-'tabulated-list-mode' like sorting columns or changing column width.
-
-Support for the optional "inline" header line, allowing for a header
-without using 'header-line-format', has been dropped.  Consequently,
-the variables 'bookmark-bmenu-use-header-line' and
-'bookmark-bmenu-inline-header-height' are now declared obsolete.
-
 ---
 *** New user option 'bookmark-set-fringe-mark'.
 If non-nil, setting a bookmark will set a fringe mark on the current
@@ -1555,6 +1544,16 @@ that have been marked for deletion.  However, if this new option is
 non-nil then Emacs will require confirmation with 'yes-or-no-p' before
 deleting.
 
+---
+*** The 'list-bookmarks' menu is now based on 'tabulated-list-mode'.
+The interactive bookmark list will now benefit from features in
+'tabulated-list-mode' like sorting columns or changing column width.
+
+Support for the optional "inline" header line, allowing for a
+header without using 'header-line-format', has been dropped.
+The variables 'bookmark-bmenu-use-header-line' and
+'bookmark-bmenu-inline-header-height' are now obsolete.
+
 ** Recentf
 
 ---
@@ -1855,7 +1854,7 @@ The command 'next-error-no-select' is now bound to 'n' and
 'previous-error-no-select' is bound to 'p'.
 
 ---
-*** The new command 'recenter-current-error'.
+*** New command 'recenter-current-error'.
 It is bound to 'l' in Occur or compilation buffers, and recenters the
 current displayed occurrence/error.
 
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index 3f89fad2351..2d35061b269 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -1256,7 +1256,10 @@ log entries."
 
 (defun vc-git-mergebase (rev1 &optional rev2)
   (unless rev2 (setq rev2 "HEAD"))
-  (string-trim-right (vc-git--run-command-string nil "merge-base" rev1 rev2)))
+  (let ((base (vc-git--run-command-string nil "merge-base" rev1 rev2)))
+    (if base
+        (string-trim-right base)
+      (error "No common ancestor for merge base"))))
 
 (defvar log-view-message-re)
 (defvar log-view-file-re)