diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
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rename from .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE
rename to .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index e4a9381f5ba6..b2713a8775ed 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<!--
 Thank you for making Clippy better!
 
 We're collecting our changelog from pull request descriptions.
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ checked during review or continuous integration.
 Note that you can skip the above if you are just opening a WIP PR in
 order to get feedback.
 
-Delete this line and everything above before opening your PR -->
+Delete this line and everything above before opening your PR.
+
+---
 
 changelog: none