diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE
index 68620e8599..0cda89b65c 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-Please title your PR as follows: `time: fix foo bar`
+Please title your PR as follows: `time: fix foo bar`.
+
+Explain what your PR does and why.
 
 Do not use # to generate C code. This feature will be removed in a couple of days.
 
-Squash commits into one if they all refer to one thing. Use `git rebase -i` for that.
+Squash commits into one if they refer to the same thing. Use `git rebase -i` for that.
 
-Before submitting a PR please run the tests with `make test`, and make sure V can still compile itself. Run this twice:
+Before submitting a PR, please run the tests with `make test`, and make sure V can still compile itself. Run this twice:
 
 ./v -o v
 ./v -o v