diff --git a/.gitlab/issue_templates/bug.md b/.gitlab/issue_templates/bug.md
index 1423a4aa00846121070997778dca4f30766bb216..636bc4d576bf0d19671d61cd2debb7eb673e0776 100644
--- a/.gitlab/issue_templates/bug.md
+++ b/.gitlab/issue_templates/bug.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
   Before opening a new issue, make sure to search for keywords in the issues
   filtered by the "bug" label and check to see if it has already been reported
+  
+  You can see how your report will be rendered on the platform by using the
+  "preview" tab above
 -->
 
 <!--
@@ -14,12 +17,10 @@
 
 <!-- Summarize the bug encountered concisely -->
 
-
 ### Steps to reproduce
 
 <!-- How one can reproduce the issue - this is very important -->
 
-
 ### Example case
 
 <!--
@@ -29,17 +30,14 @@
   whether the bug has been fixed in a more recent version
 -->
 
-
 ### What is the current *bug* behaviour?
 
 <!-- What actually happens -->
 
-
 ### What is the expected *correct* behavior?
 
 <!-- What you should see instead -->
 
-
 ### Relevant logs and/or images
 
 <!--
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@
   output, logs, and code as it's very hard to read otherwise.
 -->
 
-
 ### Environment information
 
 <!--
@@ -57,15 +54,20 @@
   Hardware info    : any info that may help?
   Compiler         : gcc|intel|clang etc
  -->
-OpenFOAM version :
-Operating system :
-Compiler         :
+
+- OpenFOAM version :
+- Operating system :
+- Hardware info    :
+- Compiler         :
 
 ### Possible fixes
 
 <!--
   If you can, link to the line of code that might be responsible for the
   problem
+
+  The "/label ~bug" text is a gitlab flag that will add the "bug" label to this
+  issue
 -->
 
 /label ~bug