diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index ed79fa5..dc79087 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ assignees: ''
 ---
 
 ## Game and version
-<name of game, version of game>
+*name of game, version of game*
 
 ## Version of spice2x
-<version of spice, this can be seen in the About tab, and in log.txt>
+*version of spice, this can be seen in the About tab, and in log.txt*
 
 ## Laptop
-<Are you running this on a laptop? Does it have a hybrid iGPU+ dGPU configuration?>
+*Are you running this on a laptop? Does it have a hybrid iGPU+ dGPU configuration?*
 
 ## Attached log.txt file, if available
 > [!WARNING]
 > Please make sure you remove any personally identifiable information from the log file.
 
 ## Describe the issue
-<what's the issue?>
+*what's the issue?*
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/patch-submission.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/patch-submission.md
index 130fb80..ff58818 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/patch-submission.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/patch-submission.md
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ assignees: ''
 > Feel free to remove this section after you have read it.
 
 ## Description of change
-<what does this code do?>
+*what does this code do?*
 
 ## Compiling
-<you must be able to compile with the included Docker script with zero compiler warnings>
+*you must be able to compile with the included Docker script with zero compiler warnings*
 
 ## Testing
-<how was the code tested?>
+*how was the code tested?*
 
 ## Patch file
-<what patch format are you using? Unix Patch format? Git Patch?>
+*what patch format are you using? Unix Patch format? Git Patch?*