diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index d2050a3e44ab45c616b383ff309e723b09d31b40..21acb3202a9448e33250628bd2bdc4b1345feb25 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ Describe here the problem that you are experiencing, or the feature you are requ
 
 Describe how what happens differs from what you expected.
 
-If you can identify any relevant log snippets from _homeserver.log_, please include
-those here (please be careful to remove any personal or private data):
+<!-- If you can identify any relevant log snippets from _homeserver.log_, please include
+those (please be careful to remove any personal or private data). Please surround them with
+``` (three backticks, on a line on their own), so that they are formatted legibly. -->
 
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