diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/docs-request-internal.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/docs-request-internal.yaml
index 586e6288b8..6211ee0f1b 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/docs-request-internal.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/docs-request-internal.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: "Internal documentation request (Elastic employees) "
-description: Request a documentation change or enhancement.
+description: Request a documentation change or enhancement. For issues you don't want exposed to the public, use https://github.com/elastic/security-docs-internal[our private repo].
 title: "[Request] "
 body:
   - type: markdown