diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index cd68367e8..dcfadec24 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Mention briefly how you have applied the fix.
 ## What GitHub issue(s) does this PR fix or close?
 
 <!--
-    If it doesn't fix any issues, that's ok. You can leave this blank.
+    If it doesn't fix any GitHub Issues, that's ok. Can you please delete the below "Fixes #" line for us? It would help us out a lot. Thanks!
 
-    If it does, then use the below "Fixes #<issue number>" notation below
+    Your PR might fix one or more GitHub issues. If so, please use the below "Fixes #<issue number>" notation below. If your PR fixes multiple issues, please put multiple lines of "Fixes #<issue number>", one for each issue. If you do that, when this PR is merged, it'll automatically close the issue(s) you reference.
 -->
 
 Fixes #
diff --git a/cmd/proxy/actions/app_proxy.go b/cmd/proxy/actions/app_proxy.go
index 799950494..c3e74b8a1 100644
--- a/cmd/proxy/actions/app_proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/proxy/actions/app_proxy.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func addProxyRoutes(
 		r.HandleFunc(supportPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			w.WriteHeader(200)
 		})
-		sumHandler := sumdbPoxy(sumdbURL, c.NoSumPatterns)
+		sumHandler := sumdbProxy(sumdbURL, c.NoSumPatterns)
 		pathPrefix := "/sumdb/" + sumdbURL.Host
 		r.PathPrefix(pathPrefix + "/").Handler(
 			http.StripPrefix(pathPrefix, sumHandler),
diff --git a/cmd/proxy/actions/sumdb.go b/cmd/proxy/actions/sumdb.go
index 491081d86..24018b1ce 100644
--- a/cmd/proxy/actions/sumdb.go
+++ b/cmd/proxy/actions/sumdb.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/paths"
 )
 
-func sumdbPoxy(url *url.URL, nosumPatterns []string) http.Handler {
+func sumdbProxy(url *url.URL, nosumPatterns []string) http.Handler {
 	rp := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(url)
 	rp.Director = func(req *http.Request) {
 		req.Host = url.Host
diff --git a/cmd/proxy/actions/sumdb_test.go b/cmd/proxy/actions/sumdb_test.go
index 7b6687188..195b9176a 100644
--- a/cmd/proxy/actions/sumdb_test.go
+++ b/cmd/proxy/actions/sumdb_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func TestSumdbProxy(t *testing.T) {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	pathPrefix := "/sumdb/" + surl.Host
-	h := sumdbPoxy(surl, nil)
+	h := sumdbProxy(surl, nil)
 	h = http.StripPrefix(pathPrefix, h)
 
 	targetURL := "/sumdb/" + surl.Host + "/latest"