diff --git a/content/github/managing-your-work-on-github/linking-a-repository-to-a-project-board.md b/content/github/managing-your-work-on-github/linking-a-repository-to-a-project-board.md
index c10c705036ef..e394df5c3192 100644
--- a/content/github/managing-your-work-on-github/linking-a-repository-to-a-project-board.md
+++ b/content/github/managing-your-work-on-github/linking-a-repository-to-a-project-board.md
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ versions:
   enterprise-server: '*'
   github-ae: '*'
 ---
-{% note %}
-
-**Note:** In order to link a repository to your organization or user owned project board the repository needs to have issues enabled. For information on how to see if issues are disabled for a repository, see "[Disabling issues](/github/managing-your-work-on-github/disabling-issues) ."
 
-{% endnote %}
 
 Anyone with write permissions to a project board can link repositories owned by that organization or user account to the project board. For more information, see "[Project board permissions for an organization](/articles/project-board-permissions-for-an-organization/)" or "[Permission levels for user-owned project boards](/articles/permission-levels-for-user-owned-project-boards/)."
 
@@ -30,6 +26,12 @@ Anyone with write permissions to a project board can link repositories owned by
 7. Click **Link**. To unlink, click **Unlink**.
 ![Link button](/assets/images/help/projects/link-button.png)
 
+{% note %}
+
+**Note:** In order to link a repository to your organization or user owned project board the repository needs to have issues enabled. That is, the repository has an "Issues" tab (in forked repositories issues are disabled by default).  For information on how to enable or disable issues for a repository, see "[Disabling issues for a repository](/github/managing-your-work-on-github/disabling-issues)."
+
+{% endnote %}
+
 ### Further reading
 
 - "[About projects boards](/articles/about-project-boards)"