diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml
index 363ee6892..939726564 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml
@@ -76,11 +76,12 @@ jobs:
               return;
             }
 
-            // Reaching here with the honeypot means AI usage was not disclosed in the form, so that
-            // message can name the cause.
             // A missing template label only tells us the issue did not come from the form, which
-            // is reason enough to close it, but not proof of how it was written.
-            const body = honeypot
+            // is reason enough to close it, but not proof of how it was written. It takes priority:
+            // a hand-built body can carry the honeypot *and* a disclosure, and the form message is
+            // the only one that is accurate for both. Reaching the honeypot message means the issue
+            // came from the form without disclosing AI usage, so that message can name the cause.
+            const body = honeypot && !bypassedTemplate
               ? 'This issue was automatically closed because it contains a marker that is only visible to ' +
                 'automated tools, which indicates it was generated by an AI agent, but the "AI usage" field does not ' +
                 'disclose this.\n\n' +