diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/custom.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/custom.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48d5f81fa422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/custom.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: Custom issue template
+about: Describe this issue template's purpose here.
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-existing-docs.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-existing-docs.md
index 26d822b9a4be..5bf37388d93c 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-existing-docs.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-existing-docs.md
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 name: Improve existing docs
 about: Make a suggestion to improve our existing documentation.
 title: ''
-labels:
-- content
+labels: ''
 assignees: ''
+
 ---
+
 <!--
 HUBBERS BEWARE! THE GITHUB/DOCS REPO IS PUBLIC TO THE ENTIRE INTERNET. OPEN AN ISSUE IN GITHUB/DOCS-CONTENT INSTEAD.
 -->
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-the-site.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-the-site.md
index a79f8ed1008d..51e361e554e1 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-the-site.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-the-site.md
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 name: Improve the docs.github.com site
 about: Make a suggestions or report a problem on the docs.github.com website.
 title: ''
-labels: engineering
+labels: ''
 assignees: ''
+
 ---
 
 <!--
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/partner-contributed-documentation.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/partner-contributed-documentation.md
index 825dc55db8fb..5cc33c282f4b 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/partner-contributed-documentation.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/partner-contributed-documentation.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 ---
 name: Partner-owned product documentation
-about: Initiate a set of tasks to be completed by a GitHub partner wishing to document how their product works with GitHub
+about: Initiate a set of tasks to be completed by a GitHub partner wishing to document
+  how their product works with GitHub
 title: ''
-labels:
-- partner
+labels: ''
 assignees: ''
+
 ---
 
 <!--
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/production-config-change.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/production-config-change.md
index 5096b3c64e53..15e8044a07ad 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/production-config-change.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/production-config-change.md
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 name: Change production configuration
 about: Track changes to the production docs.github.com site
 title: ''
-labels: engineering
+labels: ''
 assignees: ''
+
 ---
 
 A configuration change would be something outside of our code that we change with our production environment, such as environment variables, virtual machine tier or quantity, or service providers.