diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index cf54c87e4..0565daa75 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: Bug report
-about: Create a bug report to track and resolve issues
+about: Create a bug report to track and resolve issues -- support requests will be
+  deleted
 title: ''
 labels: ''
 assignees: ''