Be sure to define 'description' (#35804)

Co-authored-by: Felicity Chapman <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Alex Nguyen <[email protected]>

content/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/using-issues/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue.md

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 shortTitle: Link PR to issue
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-> [!NOTE]
-> The special keywords in a pull request description are interpreted when the pull request targets the repository's _default_ branch. However, if the PR's base is _any other branch_, then these keywords are ignored, no links are created and merging the PR has no effect on the issues. **If you want to link a pull request to an issue using a keyword, the PR must be on the default branch.**
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 ## About linked issues and pull requests
 
-You can link an issue to a pull request manually or using a supported keyword in the pull request description.
+You can link an issue to a pull request manually or using a supported keyword in the pull request description, that is, the summary text added by the author when they created the pull request.
 
 When you link a pull request to the issue the pull request addresses, collaborators can see that someone is working on the issue.
 
-When you merge a linked pull request into the default branch of a repository, its linked issue is automatically closed. For more information about the default branch, see [AUTOTITLE](/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-branches-in-your-repository/changing-the-default-branch).
+When you merge a linked pull request into the **default branch** of a repository, its linked issue is automatically closed. For more information about the default branch, see [AUTOTITLE](/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-branches-in-your-repository/changing-the-default-branch).
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+> [!NOTE]
+> The special keywords in a pull request description are interpreted only when the pull request targets the repository's _default_ branch. If the pull request targets _any other branch_, then these keywords are ignored, no links are created, and merging the PR has no effect on the issues.
 
 ## Linking a pull request to an issue using a keyword