diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 403f67d678..ff71abd668 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/release.md#issue-kind-label
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 **What type of PR is this?**
-> Uncomment only one, leave it on its own line:
+> Uncomment only one ` /kind <>` line, hit enter to put that in a new line, and remove leading whitespaces from that line:
 >
 > /kind api-change
 > /kind bug
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Fixes #
 
 **Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?**:
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