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 Describe why and what has been changed by this pullrequest, feel free to also ask for input on decisions you are unsure about etc.
-The changelog lines below will be copied directly from merged pull requests to the changelog on new releases. Changes are expected to either link to the related issue or pull request.
+The changelog lines below will be copied directly from merged pull requests to the changelog on new releases. Changes are expected to preferrentially link to the associated issues. If there are no relevant issues, link to the pull request itself.
 
 ## Changelog
 ```
 ### Features
-- Added doodad to web interface [#999](https://github.com/clusterio/clusterio/pull/999)
+- Added doodad to web interface [#999](https://github.com/clusterio/clusterio/issues/999)
 
 ### Changes
 - ...