Revert "Remove section on auto-close functionality"

After discussion we agreed to not remove this paragraph for now. This reverts commit 115d23a. Suggested-by: Didier Wenzek <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Matthias Beyer <[email protected]>
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@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ When possible, fill out as much detail in the pull request template as is
 reasonable. Most important is to reference the GitHub issue that you are
 addressing with the PR.
 
+**NOTE:** GitHub has [a feature](https://docs.github.com/en/github/managing-your-work-on-github/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue#linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue-using-a-keyword)
+that will automatically close issues referenced with a keyword (such as "Fixes")
+by a PR or commit once the PR/commit is merged. Don't use these keywords. We
+don't want issues to be automatically closed. We want our testers to
+independently verify and close them.
+
 ## Writing good commit messages
 
 Having clear, concise and well-written commit messages for all changes is not