diff --git a/.github/instructions/content.instructions.md b/.github/instructions/content.instructions.md
index fa81f86f60f3..af961d0bc3d2 100644
--- a/.github/instructions/content.instructions.md
+++ b/.github/instructions/content.instructions.md
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ For such content, DO NOT use in-article Liquid versioning such as `{% ifversion
 
 All articles that are ONLY for GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) should be versioned in the frontmatter using feature-based versioning defined in `data/features/`. 
 
+### Versioning for GHES content: always use feature-based versioning
+
+If content is intended to ship to GitHub Enterprise Server, use **feature-based versioning (FBV)**.
+
+* Do **not** suggest removing GHES frontmatter versioning or hardcode version strings (for example, `free-pro-team@latest`) just to make links or tests pass.
+* If CI fails because a GHES link cannot be built, treat that as a versioning mismatch—not a signal to de-scope GHES.
+* Add or reuse the appropriate feature flag in `data/features/`. Use it in `versions.feature` frontmatter when an article's availability follows the feature, and use Liquid conditionals only for version-specific blocks within a broader article.
+* Keep frontmatter and in-article versioning aligned so links render for every supported version.
+
+For guidance, see [About feature-based versioning](https://docs.github.com/en/contributing/writing-for-github-docs/versioning-documentation#about-feature-based-versioning).
+
 ### FPT, GHEC, GHES articles
 
 All articles that are versioned for all of FPT, GHEC, and GHES in the frontmatter MAY require certain blocks of content to be versioned using in-article Liquid versioning. Before recommending this, check if this is really the case.
diff --git a/content/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file.md b/content/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file.md
index c3502f112a14..f6730d9a1a21 100644
--- a/content/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file.md
+++ b/content/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ If no corresponding file is found in the current repository, {% data variables.p
 
 >[!NOTE] The `.github` repository must be **public**{% ifversion ghec or ghes %} or **internal**{% endif %} for most default community health files to be applied organization-wide. Private `.github` repositories are not supported.{% ifversion ghec or ghes %} However, **issue and pull request templates require a public `.github` repository** and will not be applied organization-wide from an internal repository.{% endif %}
 
-For example, anyone who creates an issue or pull request in a repository that does not have its own `CONTRIBUTING.md` file will see a link to the default `CONTRIBUTING.md` from the `.github` repository. However, if a repository has any files in its own `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE` folder, such as issue templates or a `_config.yml` file, none of the contents of the default `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE` folder will be used. This allows repository maintainers to override the default files with specific templates or content on per-repository basis.
+For example, anyone who creates an issue or pull request in a repository that does not have its own `CONTRIBUTING.md` file will see a link to the default `CONTRIBUTING.md` from the `.github` repository. However, if a repository has any files in its own `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE` folder, such as issue templates or a `config.yml` file, none of the contents of the default `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE` folder will be used. This allows repository maintainers to override the default files with specific templates or content on per-repository basis.
 
 Storing the files in `.github` repository allows making changes to the defaults just in one place. Additionally, they won’t appear in the file browser or Git history of the individual repositories, and are not included in their clones, packages, or downloads.