Add more strength to the suggestion to find existing issues
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ The process for submitting a Matrix Spec Change (MSC) Proposal is as follows:
is available.
- Make a new issue at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues, whose
- description should list the metadata as per below. If an existing issue
- relates to your proposal, link to it in your new issue.
+ description should list the metadata as per below. Use the github search
+ function to attempt to locate any related github issues, and link any that
+ are found in the body of the new issue.
- Gather feedback as widely as possible from the community and core team on
the proposal.
