diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2400b729b4c6..2a3ee1be4e84 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ First off, thank you for taking the time to contribute! :+1: :tada:
 
 * [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
 * [How to Contribute](#how-to-contribute)
-  * [Discuss](#discuss)
+  * [Ask questions](#ask-questions)
   * [Create an Issue](#create-an-issue)
   * [Issue Lifecycle](#issue-lifecycle)
   * [Submit a Pull Request](#submit-a-pull-request)
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ Please report unacceptable behavior to spring-code-of-conduct@pivotal.io.
 
 ### How to Contribute
 
-#### Discuss
+#### Ask questions
 
 If you have a question, check Stack Overflow using
-[this list of tags](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring+or+spring-mvc+or+spring-aop+or+spring-jdbc+or+spring-transactions+or+spring-annotations+or+spring-jms+or+spring-el+or+spring-test+or+spring+or+spring-remoting+or+spring-orm+or+spring-jmx+or+spring-cache+or+spring-webflux?tab=Newest).
-Find an existing discussion, or start a new one if necessary.
+[this list of tags](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring+or+spring-mvc+or+spring-aop+or+spring-jdbc+or+spring-transactions+or+spring-annotations+or+spring-jms+or+spring-el+or+spring-test+or+spring+or+spring-remoting+or+spring-orm+or+spring-jmx+or+spring-cache+or+spring-webflux?tab=Newest). Find an existing discussion, or start a new one if necessary.
 
 If you believe there is an issue, search through
 [existing issues](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues) trying a
@@ -39,14 +38,18 @@ decision.
 
 Reporting an issue or making a feature request is a great way to contribute. Your feedback
 and the conversations that result from it provide a continuous flow of ideas. However,
-before creating a ticket, please take the time to [discuss and research](#discuss) first.
+before creating a ticket, please take the time to [ask and research](#ask-questions) first.
 
 If creating an issue after a discussion on Stack Overflow, please provide a description
 in the issue instead of simply referring to Stack Overflow. The issue tracker is an
 important place of record for design discussions and should be self-sufficient.
 
-Once you're ready, create an issue on
-[GitHub](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues).
+Once you're ready, create an issue on [GitHub](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues).
+
+Many issues are caused by subtle behavior, typos and unintended configuration.
+Creating a [Minimal Reproducible Example](https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example)
+(starting with https://start.spring.io for example) of the problem helps the team
+triage quickly your issue adn get to the core of the problem.
 
 #### Issue Lifecycle
 
@@ -129,3 +132,4 @@ When making changes locally, execute `./gradlew asciidoctor` and then browse the
 
 Asciidoctor also supports live editing. For more details see
 [AsciiDoc Tooling](https://docs.asciidoctor.org/asciidoctor/latest/tooling/).
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