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-<!-- Thanks for helping to make fish better!
-If you are asking for help with fish, or you've found a bug:
- - Make sure it's not a known or solved issue, by searching https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues
- - Fill in the following information carefully: -->
+<!-- Thanks for helping to make fish better! 
+This problem might already be solved. Check that you are using the latest version of fish (2.3.0) or later. 
+Check https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues - the problem may already be reported :)
 
-[Describe the problem here and provide any additional information.]
+Don't skip these: -->
 
-### Reproduction Steps:
+* fish version: [output of fish --version]
+* OS: [your operating system]
+* terminal: [e.g. PuTTy, iTerm2, GNOME Terminal, VT220]
 
-1. [First step]
-2. [Second step]
-3. ...
+### Reproduction steps
 
-### Expected results:
-[Describe expected behavior here]
+1. [first step]
+2. [second step]...
 
-### Actual results:
-[Describe observed behavior here]
+### Expected results
+
+[...]
+
+### Actual results
+
+[...]
 
 ---
 
-* fish version: [output of fish --version]
-* OS: [your operating system and how you installed fish e.g. Homebrew, Ubuntu PPA, distribution package]
-* terminal: [e.g. PuTTy, iTerm2, GNOME Terminal, VT220]
+[any additional information here]