diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index 626f85e7b86..5d21a258f58 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,13 +1,2 @@
 
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-<br>
-<br>
-**!!! PLEASE READ BEFORE REPORTING !!!**
-<br>
-<br>
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-A good bug report has some very specific qualities, so please read over our short document on [reporting bugs][report_bugs] before submitting a bug report.
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-To ask a question, go ahead and ignore this.
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-[report_bugs]: https://github.com/coreos/etcd/blob/master/Documentation/reporting_bugs.md
+Please read https://github.com/coreos/etcd/blob/master/Documentation/reporting_bugs.md.
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 11cd5c080b0..3b3d9097947 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,11 +1,2 @@
 
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-<br>
-<br>
-**!!! PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTRIBUTING !!!**
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-Please read our [contribution workflow][contributing] before submitting a pull request.
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-[contributing]: https://github.com/coreos/etcd/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contribution-flow
+Please read https://github.com/coreos/etcd/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contribution-flow.