diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 29600e419f5c..c54a1c1d4886 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-<!--
-Part of the Carbon Language project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM
-Exceptions. See /LICENSE for license information.
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
--->
-
-_Replace this paragraph with a description of what this PR is changing or
-adding, and why._
+**Replace this paragraph with a description of what this PR is changing or
+adding, and why.**
 
 Closes #ISSUE
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index dcbc6b2c7241..a8252adb7dad 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ repos:
         exclude: |
           (?x)^(
               .bazelversion|
+              .github/pull_request_template.md|
               compile_flags.txt|
               third_party/.*|
               bazel/llvm_patches/.*\.patch|