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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 I have:
 
 * [ ] Checked that the problem is not about the Strimzi documentation.
-  Documentation issues (those with URLs starting http://strimzi.io/docs/...) should be reported [here](https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/issues/new).
+  Documentation issues (those with URLs starting http://strimzi.io/docs/...) should be reported [here](https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/issues/new?title=Docs:&labels=documentation).
 * [ ] Included the URL of the page my issue is about
 * [ ] Described what I did see and what I was expecting to see