diff --git a/docs/practices/issue_pr_templating.rst b/docs/practices/issue_pr_templating.rst
index 4d85f3b..f76e57c 100644
--- a/docs/practices/issue_pr_templating.rst
+++ b/docs/practices/issue_pr_templating.rst
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ Issue Templates
 
 Issue templates are highly customizable, and it's often appropriate to have
 multiple available to users to promote better organization of common issue
-types. By default, the python-project-template provides three base templates
+types. By default, the python-project-template provides two base templates
 
-* **general-issue-template**: A general issue template for issues that don't fit into other categories.
 * **bug-report-template**: A template specific to identifying bugs within the package.
 * **feature-request-template**: A template for requesting new features of the package.
 
+In addition, GitHub provides a default blank issue template for issues that don't fit into other categories.
+
 A user will be prompted to choose between these templates any time they attempt
 to create a new issue in the repository. You may add new templates to this 
 list as additional common issue themes become clear in your project.
diff --git a/python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1-bug_report.md.jinja b/python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/0-bug_report.md.jinja
similarity index 100%
rename from python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1-bug_report.md.jinja
rename to python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/0-bug_report.md.jinja
diff --git a/python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/0-general_issue.md b/python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/0-general_issue.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 84bb0d7..0000000
--- a/python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/0-general_issue.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-name: General issue
-about: Quickly create a general issue
-title: ''
-labels: ''
-assignees: ''
-
----
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2-feature_request.md b/python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1-feature_request.md
similarity index 100%
rename from python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2-feature_request.md
rename to python-project-template/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1-feature_request.md