diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bugs.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bugs.md
index ca1c6f5e..c95ff9bc 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bugs.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bugs.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Installation, configuration, usage guidance and issues in 3rd party packages are
 
 If the bug is not trivial to reproduce on any platform, please include ALL the steps required to reliably duplicate it, on a vanilla, generic install of macOS, Windows, OpenBSD or Ubuntu Linux system, in their most current version.
 
-Try to reproduce it using the current `libsodium-stable` package, downloaded from [the official download site](https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/), and installed [as documented](https://doc.libsodium.org/installation).
+Try to reproduce it using the current `libsodium-stable` package, installed as documented in https://doc.libsodium.org/installation .
 
 If you don't have any clear understanding of the issue or can't enumerate the steps to reproduce it, open a discussion instead: https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/discussions
 
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/suggestions.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/suggestions.md
index 49e4f1eb..48437635 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/suggestions.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/suggestions.md
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ assignees: ""
 
 Please do not post features requests directly.
 
-The starting point should be a discussion, after having checked the [roadmap](https://doc.libsodium.org/roadmap).
+The starting point should be a discussion, after having checked the roadmap: https://doc.libsodium.org/roadmap
 
-Suggestions should be raised as an "Ideas" [discussion](https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/discussions/).
+Suggestions should be raised as an "Ideas" discussion: https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/discussions
 
 We can then determine if the discussion needs to be escalated into a "planned change" or not.