diff --git a/CHANGES/README.rst b/CHANGES/README.rst
index 430437e03..c7e20ae9e 100644
--- a/CHANGES/README.rst
+++ b/CHANGES/README.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ telling the readers **what changed** in a specific version of
 the library *since the previous version*. You should also use
 reStructuredText syntax for highlighting code (inline or block),
 linking parts of the docs or external sites.
+If you wish to sign your change, feel free to add ``-- by
+:user:`github-username``` at the end (replace ``github-username``
+with your own!).
 
 Finally, name your file following the convention that Towncrier
 understands: it should start with the number of an issue or a
@@ -67,20 +70,27 @@ File :file:`CHANGES/603.removal.1.rst`:
 
 .. code-block:: rst
 
-    Dropped Python 3.5 support; Python 3.6 is the minimal supported Python version.
+    Dropped Python 3.5 support; Python 3.6 is the minimal supported Python
+    version -- by :user:`webknjaz`.
 
 File :file:`CHANGES/550.bugfix.rst`:
 
 .. code-block:: rst
 
-    Started shipping Windows wheels for the x86 architecture.
+    Started shipping Windows wheels for the x86 architecture
+    -- by :user:`Dreamsorcerer`.
 
 File :file:`CHANGES/553.feature.rst`:
 
 .. code-block:: rst
 
-    Added support for ``GenericAliases`` (``MultiDict[str]``) under Python 3.9 and higher.
+    Added support for ``GenericAliases`` (``MultiDict[str]``) under Python 3.9
+    and higher -- by :user:`mjpieters`.
 
+.. tip::
+
+   See :file:`pyproject.toml` for all available categories
+   (``tool.towncrier.type``).
 
 .. _Towncrier philosophy:
    https://towncrier.readthedocs.io/en/actual-freaking-docs/#philosophy
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 64d98e2b6..bcc10de6b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
 extensions = [
+    # stdlib-party extensions:
+    "sphinx.ext.extlinks",
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
     "sphinx.ext.coverage",
     "sphinx.ext.doctest",
     "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
+    # Third-party extensions:
     "alabaster",
 ]
 
@@ -88,9 +91,17 @@
 # The master toctree document.
 master_doc = "index"
 
-# General information about the project.
-project = "yarl"
-copyright = "2016-2018, Andrew Svetlov and aio-libs team"
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+
+github_url = "https://github.com"
+github_repo_org = "aio-libs"
+github_repo_name = "yarl"
+github_repo_slug = f"{github_repo_org}/{github_repo_name}"
+github_repo_url = f"{github_url}/{github_repo_slug}"
+github_sponsors_url = f"{github_url}/sponsors"
+
+project = github_repo_name
+copyright = f"2016, Andrew Svetlov, {project} contributors and aio-libs team"
 author = "Andrew Svetlov and aio-libs team"
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
@@ -154,6 +165,17 @@
 # If true, `todo` and `todoList` produce output, else they produce nothing.
 todo_include_todos = False
 
+# -- Extension configuration -------------------------------------------------
+
+# -- Options for extlinks extension ---------------------------------------
+extlinks = {
+    "issue": (f"{github_repo_url}/issues/%s", "#%s"),
+    "pr": (f"{github_repo_url}/pull/%s", "PR #%s"),
+    "commit": (f"{github_repo_url}/commit/%s", "%s"),
+    "gh": (f"{github_url}/%s", "GitHub: %s"),
+    "user": (f"{github_sponsors_url}/%s", "@%s"),
+}
+
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------