Describe linked issues can use trailer syntax (#36607)

Co-authored-by: Ben Ahmady <[email protected]>
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@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Issue in the same repository | KEYWORD #ISSUE-NUMBER | `Closes #10`
 Issue in a different repository | KEYWORD OWNER/REPOSITORY#ISSUE-NUMBER | `Fixes octo-org/octo-repo#100`
 Multiple issues | Use full syntax for each issue | `Resolves #10, resolves #123, resolves octo-org/octo-repo#100`
 
+The keywords can be followed by colons or in uppercase. For example: `Closes: #10`, `CLOSES #10`, or `CLOSES: #10`.
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 Only manually linked pull requests can be manually unlinked. To unlink an issue that you linked using a keyword, you must edit the pull request description to remove the keyword.
 
 You can also use closing keywords in a commit message. The issue will be closed when you merge the commit into the default branch, but the pull request that contains the commit will not be listed as a linked pull request.