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@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ excellent [help documentation][] first.
 
 ### Search Stack Overflow first; discuss if necessary
 
-If you're unsure why something doesn't work or wondering if there is a better
-way of doing something please check on Stack Overflow first. This is the
-official list of [Spring project tags](https://spring.io/questions).
-If necessary start a discussion and do the necessary homework. Before
-creating a ticket in the Spring Framework issue tracker you should have a
-reasinably good sense that there there is a problem or a missing feature.
+If you're unsure why something isn't working or wondering if there is a better
+way of doing it please check on Stack Overflow first and if necessary start
+a discussion. This is the official list of
+[Spring project tags](https://spring.io/questions). In short the issue tracker
+should be used to report issues and make feature requests.
 
 ### Search JIRA; create an issue if necessary