diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c5d464360b..64dcd4f930 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# NOTE: BEFORE OPENING AN ISSUE PLEASE SEE THE [README](https://github.com/babel/babel#readme).
+
+----
+
 <p align="center">
    <strong><a href="#setup">Setup</a></strong>
    |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28a45f4a52..b0d779af53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
   For questions and support please visit the <a href="https://gitter.im/babel/babel">gitter room</a> or <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/babeljs">StackOverflow</a>. The Babel issue tracker is <strong>exclusively</strong> for bug reports and feature requests.
 </p>
 
+<p align="center">
+  Issues without instructions to reproduce <strong>will be immediately closed<strong>.
+</p>
+
 <p align="center">
   For documentation and website issues please visit the <a href="https://github.com/babel/babel.github.io">babel.github.io</a> repo.
 </p>