diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
index fd0db4d66..bf0c054a6 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@ contact_links:
 - name: Discussions
   url: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/discussions
   about: >
-    The "Discussions" forum is where you want to be headed too.
-    Please only raise an issue if you've been advised to do so after discussion.
-    Thank you! 🙏
+    The "Discussions" forum is where you want to start. 💖