diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
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--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Checklist:
 
 - [ ] PR title: Please title your PR "package: description", where "package" is whichever of langchain, community, core, experimental, etc. is being modified. Use "docs: ..." for purely docs changes, "templates: ..." for template changes, "infra: ..." for CI changes.
   - Example: "community: add foobar LLM"
-- [ ] PR message: Delete this entire template and replace it with the following bulleted list
+- [ ] PR message: **Delete this entire template message** and replace it with the following bulleted list
     - **Description:** a description of the change
     - **Issue:** the issue # it fixes, if applicable
     - **Dependencies:** any dependencies required for this change