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@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ In other words, since `\\` is reserved as an escape character in globs, on windo
 
 All contributions are welcome! Please read [the contributing guide](.github/contributing.md) to get started.
 
-**A special note about bug reports**
+**Bug reports**
 
-Please feel free to create an issue if you find something that you think isn't right. However, especially (but not exclusively) if you find a matching-related issue, please please try do the following first:
+Please feel free to create an issue if you find something that you think isn't right. However, if you find a matching-related issue, please try do the following first:
 
 - research existing issues first
 - visit the [GNU Bash documentation](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/) to see how Bash deals with the pattern