diff --git a/internal/worker/worker.go b/internal/worker/worker.go
index 3c24a27..f2c40b3 100644
--- a/internal/worker/worker.go
+++ b/internal/worker/worker.go
@@ -263,10 +263,11 @@
 	}
 	err := issueTemplate.Execute(&b, issueTemplateData{
 		Heading: fmt.Sprintf(
-			"One or more of the reference URLs in [%s](%s/tree/%s/%s) refers to a Go module.",
-			r.ID, gitrepo.CVEListRepoURL, r.CommitHash, r.Path),
+			"In [%s](%s/tree/%s/%s), the reference URL [%s](%s) (and possibly others) refers to something in Go.",
+			r.ID, gitrepo.CVEListRepoURL, r.CommitHash, r.Path, r.Module, r.Module),
 		Description: desc,
 		CVERecord:   r,
+		Pre:         "```",
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -277,12 +278,14 @@
 type issueTemplateData struct {
 	Heading     string
 	Description string
+	Pre         string // markdown string for a <pre> block
 	*store.CVERecord
 }
 
 var issueTemplate = template.Must(template.New("issue").Parse(`
-{{.Heading}}
+{{- .Heading}}
 
+{{.Pre}}
 module: {{.Module}}
 package:
 stdlib:
@@ -302,4 +305,5 @@
   pr:
   context:
     -
+{{.Pre}}
 `))
diff --git a/internal/worker/worker_test.go b/internal/worker/worker_test.go
index 03f8220..58c1585 100644
--- a/internal/worker/worker_test.go
+++ b/internal/worker/worker_test.go
@@ -160,29 +160,29 @@
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	want := `
-        One or more of the reference URLs in [ID1](https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/tree//) refers to a Go module.
+	want := `In [ID1](https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/tree//), the reference URL [aModule](aModule) (and possibly others) refers to something in Go.
 
-        module: aModule
-        package:
-        stdlib:
-        versions:
-          - introduced:
-          - fixed:
-        description: |
-          a description
+` + "```" + `
+module: aModule
+package:
+stdlib:
+versions:
+  - introduced:
+  - fixed:
+description: |
+  a description
 
-        cve: ID1
-        credit:
-        symbols:
-          -
-        published:
-        links:
-          commit:
-          pr:
-          context:
-            -
-`
+cve: ID1
+credit:
+symbols:
+  -
+published:
+links:
+  commit:
+  pr:
+  context:
+    -
+` + "```\n"
 	if diff := cmp.Diff(unindent(want), got); diff != "" {
 		t.Errorf("mismatch (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}