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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ reported the issue. Please try to include as much information as you can. Detail
 Contributions via pull requests are much appreciated. Before sending us a pull request, please ensure that:
 
 1. You are working against the latest source on the *master* branch.
-2. You check existing open, and recently merged, pull requests to make sure someone else hasn't addressed the problem already.
+2. You check [existing open](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pulls), and [recently closed](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed), pull requests to make sure someone else hasn't addressed the problem already.
 3. You open an issue to discuss any significant work - we would hate for your time to be wasted.
 
 To send us a pull request, please: