diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
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@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ assignees: ''
 
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-Please vote for feature requests on the Discussions page:
+You can add and vote for feature requests on the Discussions page:
 
 https://github.com/alangrainger/immich-public-proxy/discussions/categories/feature-requests
 
 🚨 Feature requests created as an Issue will be closed.
+
+Please note that my goal for this project is to keep it as lean as possible. I want anyone with a bit of coding knowledge to be able to read the codebase and fully understand everything it is doing.