diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
index fc368af891ad7a2b1414f2f2517df0222d2659e0..a773f756b7d24314094476bed454bec179808d9e 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ Thank you for being part of the Dgraph community, Cheers.
 ### What you actually did
 
 ### Why that wasn't great, with examples
+
+### Any external references to support your case