diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/general.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/general.md
index f6ce687a552..aafd968ee0f 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/general.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/general.md
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@
 <!-- The PR author rewrites this in their own words before asking for review. Being able to sum up the PR in a few
      plain sentences proves the author understands what it does, and human-written technical English is far easier
      for a reviewer to parse than AI-written English
-     An AI agent may draft a starting point here, but the author replaces it with their own handwritten version
+     An AI agent may draft a starting point here, but always wraps its draft in the make-me-human-readable tags below,
+     backticks included so the tags stay visible on GitHub, so nobody mistakes it for the author's words. The author rewrites it in their own words and deletes the tags.
+     Tags still present at review time mean the summary is AI-written and has not been rewritten yet
      Say what the PR does for users and why, then anything that keeps it working over time (a sync job, a config someone owns)
      No bullets, tables, or code names here. Everything else goes inside the Details block below -->
 
+`<make-me-human-readable>`
+<blah>
+`</make-me-human-readable>`
+
 <details>
 <summary>Details</summary>