diff --git a/.github/issue_template.md b/.github/issue_template.md
index 2ff6a271db2..87e666a7dd4 100644
--- a/.github/issue_template.md
+++ b/.github/issue_template.md
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 ### Steps to reproduce
-
-(Guidelines for creating a bug report are [available
-here](http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.html#creating-a-bug-report))
+<!-- (Guidelines for creating a bug report are [available
+here](http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.html#creating-a-bug-report)) -->
 
 ### Expected behavior
-Tell us what should happen
+<!-- Tell us what should happen -->
 
 ### Actual behavior
-Tell us what happens instead
+<!-- Tell us what happens instead -->
 
 ### System configuration
 **Rails version**:
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index a36687ec997..85c0e29ff00 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ### Summary
 
-Provide a general description of the code changes in your pull
+<!-- Provide a general description of the code changes in your pull
 request... were there any bugs you had fixed? If so, mention them. If
 these bugs have open GitHub issues, be sure to tag them here as well,
-to keep the conversation linked together.
+to keep the conversation linked together. -->
 
 ### Other Information
 
-If there's anything else that's important and relevant to your pull
+<!-- If there's anything else that's important and relevant to your pull
 request, mention that information here. This could include
 benchmarks, or other information.
 
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ Finally, if your pull request affects documentation or any non-code
 changes, guidelines for those changes are [available
 here](http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.html#contributing-to-the-rails-documentation)
 
-Thanks for contributing to Rails!
+Thanks for contributing to Rails! -->