diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
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+**Please do not add issues or pull requests to this repo.** 
+We are no longer making changes to documentation in this repository.
+We will no longer process new issues or PRs and we will close them automatically.
+
+**Please post new [issues](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues) and [pull requests](https://github.com/angular/angular/pulls) to the content folder in [https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/master/aio/content](https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/master/aio/content)**.
+
+Be sure to prefix your issue/PR title with "**docs(aio):**"
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.MD b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.MD
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+**Please do not add issues or pull requests to this repo.**
+We are no longer making changes to documentation in this repository.
+We will no longer process new issues or PRs and we will close them automatically.
+
+**Please post new [issues](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues) and [pull requests](https://github.com/angular/angular/pulls) to the content folder in [https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/master/aio/content](https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/master/aio/content)**.
+
+Be sure to prefix your issue/PR title with "**docs(aio):**"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ Be sure to prefix your issue/PR title with "**docs(aio):**"
 # Angular.io
 [![Build Status][travis-badge]][travis-badge-url]
 
+# This angular.io documentation repository is closed
+
+**Please do not add issues or pull requests to this repo.** 
+We are no longer making changes to documentation in this repository.
+We will no longer process new issues or PRs and we will close them automatically.
+
+**Please post new [issues](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues) and [pull requests](https://github.com/angular/angular/pulls) to the content folder in [https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/master/aio/content](https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/master/aio/content)**.
+
+Be sure to prefix your issue/PR title with "**docs(aio):**"
+
+---
+
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