diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/12-telemetry.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/12-telemetry.yml
index 4215abfa99..5524659136 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/12-telemetry.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/12-telemetry.yml
@@ -1,68 +1,33 @@
 name: Go Telemetry Proposals
-description: New telemetry counter or update on an existing one
+description: |
+  Modify the telemetry upload configuration, by adding new counters to upload,
+  or refining or removing existing upload configuration.
 title: "x/telemetry/config: proposal title"
 labels: ["Telemetry-Proposal"]
 projects: ["golang/29"]
 body:
 - type: textarea
   attributes:
-    label: Counter names
-    description: Names of counters to add or update.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Description
-    description: What do these counters measure?
-  validations:
-    required: true
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Rationale
+    label: Summary
     description: |
-      Why is the counter important?
-      For example, what new insights will it provide, and how will that information be used?
-      If this is about updating existing counters, why is the change necessary?
+      What change are you proposing to the upload configuration, and why?
+      For new upload configuration, which new counters will be collected, what
+      do they measure, and why is it important to collect them?
+      All counters must already be instrumented in the target program.
+      Note that uploaded data must not carry sensitive user information.
+      See [go.dev/doc/telemetry#proposals](https://go.dev/doc/telemetry#proposals)
+      for more details on telemetry proposals.
   validations:
     required: true
-- type: textarea
+- type: input
   attributes:
-    label: Do the counters carry sensitive user information?
-  validations:
-    required: true
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: How?
+    label: Proposed Config Change
     description: |
-      How do we plan to compute the info?
-      If available, include the code location or cl that uses the golang.org/x/telemetry/counter API.
+      A CL containing proposed changes to the
+      [config.txt](https://go.googlesource.com/telemetry/+/master/internal/chartconfig/config.txt)
+      chart configuration.
+      See the [chartconfig](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/telemetry/internal/chartconfig)
+      package for an explanation of the chart config format.
+      For an example change, see [CL 564619](https://go.dev/cl/564619).
   validations:
     required: true
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Proposed Graph Config
-    description: |
-      Approved telemetry counters are maintained as [Go Telemetry Graph Config](https://golang.org/x/telemetry/internal/graphconfig) records.
-      Please draft the record entry for your proposal here.
-      If multiple records need to be included, separate them with `---` lines.
-      You can check the list of the approved counters and their current configuration in [config.txt](https://go.googlesource.com/telemetry/+/master/internal/configgen/config.txt).
-    render: Text
-    value: |
-      counter: gopls/bug
-      title: Gopls bug reports
-      description: Stacks of bugs encountered on the gopls server.
-      type: partition, histogram, stack # choose only one.
-      program: golang.org/x/tools/gopls
-      counter: gopls/bug
-      depth: 16  # only if type is stack.
-      version: v0.13.0  # the first binary version containing this counter.
-  validations:
-      required: true
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: New or Update
-    description: Is this a new counter? See [config.txt](https://go.googlesource.com/telemetry/+/master/internal/configgen/config.txt) for the list of approved counters.
-    options:
-      - New
-      - Update
-    default: 0