diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
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--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -13,22 +13,12 @@ If you are new to SQLAlchemy bug reports, please review our many examples
 of [well written bug reports](https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22great+mcve%22).   Each of these reports include the following features:
 
 1. a **succinct description of the problem** - typically a line or two at most
-2. As SQLAlchemy provides an intricate, fine-grained API around the concepts of
-   SQL, database connections, and object persistence, we very much need to
-   have **code to reproduce the problem**, otherwise known as
+2. **code to reproduce the problem**, otherwise known as
    a [Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve)
-   example.  This is code we can actually run, so that
-   we can understand the issue ourselves, as well as that you, the poster,
-   has isolated the issue from your own code.   This upfront effort to
-   isolate and demonstrate issues is essentially
-   **your contribution to the project**, we use these cases to create real
-   test cases, and we appreciate them very much!
-3. **complete stack traces for all errors** - error messages without context
-   are usually not enough information.  Often we can diagnose
-   complex issues just from a complete stack trace alone
-4. Other things as applicable:   **SQL log output**, see [logging](https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/core/engines.html#configuring-logging) for background on this, **database backend and DBAPI driver**,
-   **operating system**, **comparative performance timings** for
-   performance issues.
+   example.
+3. **complete stack traces for all errors**
+4. Other things as applicable:   **SQL log output**, **database backend and DBAPI driver**,
+   **operating system**, **comparative performance timings** for performance issues.
 
 
 **Describe the bug**