diff --git a/.DEREK.yml b/.DEREK.yml
index 7d48d681..3ccdbdf0 100644
--- a/.DEREK.yml
+++ b/.DEREK.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ custom_messages:
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            This project uses templates for new Issues and Pull Requests. These templates contain information that the team needs you to provide, before they can help.
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            Please go ahead and edit this Issue or Pull Request and please provide all the fields that were requested. If it is simpler, you may open a new Issue or Pull Request or find the text within the `.github` folder in this repository.