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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ links to the major sections:
 * [Helpful Links and Information](#helpful-links-and-information)
 
 If you have questions, please make a post on [internals.rust-lang.org][internals] or
-hop on the [Rust Discord server][rust-discord], [Rust Zulip server][rust-zulip] or [#rust-internals][pound-rust-internals].
+hop on the [Rust Discord server][rust-discord] or [Rust Zulip server][rust-zulip].
 
 As a reminder, all contributors are expected to follow our [Code of Conduct][coc].
 
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ to contribute to it in more detail than this document.
 If this is your first time contributing, the [walkthrough] chapter of the guide
 can give you a good example of how a typical contribution would go.
 
-[pound-rust-internals]: https://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-internals
 [internals]: https://internals.rust-lang.org
 [rust-discord]: http://discord.gg/rust-lang
 [rust-zulip]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com
@@ -129,6 +128,14 @@ the master branch to your feature branch.
 Also, please make sure that fixup commits are squashed into other related
 commits with meaningful commit messages.
 
+GitHub allows [closing issues using keywords][closing-keywords]. This feature
+should be used to keep the issue tracker tidy. However, it is generally preferred
+to put the "closes #123" text in the PR description rather than the issue commit;
+particularly during rebasing, citing the issue number in the commit can "spam"
+the issue in question.
+
+[closing-keywords]: https://help.github.com/en/articles/closing-issues-using-keywords
+
 Please make sure your pull request is in compliance with Rust's style
 guidelines by running
 
@@ -404,7 +411,7 @@ If you're looking for somewhere to start, check out the [E-easy][eeasy] tag.
 There are a number of other ways to contribute to Rust that don't deal with
 this repository.
 
-Answer questions in [#rust][pound-rust], or on [users.rust-lang.org][users],
+Answer questions in the _Get Help!_ channels from the [Rust Discord server][rust-discord], on [users.rust-lang.org][users],
 or on [StackOverflow][so].
 
 Participate in the [RFC process](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs).
@@ -413,7 +420,7 @@ Find a [requested community library][community-library], build it, and publish
 it to [Crates.io](http://crates.io). Easier said than done, but very, very
 valuable!
 
-[pound-rust]: http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust
+[rust-discord]: https://discord.gg/rust-lang
 [users]: https://users.rust-lang.org/
 [so]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rust
 [community-library]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/labels/A-community-library