diff --git a/content/github/building-a-strong-community/manually-creating-a-single-issue-template-for-your-repository.md b/content/github/building-a-strong-community/manually-creating-a-single-issue-template-for-your-repository.md
index 3198fced46..ff57ebed42 100644
--- a/content/github/building-a-strong-community/manually-creating-a-single-issue-template-for-your-repository.md
+++ b/content/github/building-a-strong-community/manually-creating-a-single-issue-template-for-your-repository.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ assignees: octocat
 ```
 {% note %}
 
-**Note:** You must put YAML-reserved characters such as `:` in quotes. For example, `":bug: Bug"` or `":new: triage needed, :bug: bug`". Note that labels are not escaped individually.
+**Note:** If a front matter value includes a YAML-reserved character such as `:` , you must put the whole value in quotes. For example, `":bug: Bug"` or `":new: triage needed, :bug: bug"`.
 
 {% endnote %}