diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/1558-skriss b/changelogs/unreleased/1558-skriss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d81d01b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/1558-skriss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+move issue-template-gen from docs/ to hack/
diff --git a/docs/issue-template-gen/main.go b/hack/issue-template-gen/main.go
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/issue-template-gen/main.go
rename to hack/issue-template-gen/main.go
diff --git a/hack/update-generated-issue-template.sh b/hack/update-generated-issue-template.sh
index 710dedf01..fe7a7bf56 100755
--- a/hack/update-generated-issue-template.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-issue-template.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 #
-# Copyright 2018 the Velero contributors.
+# Copyright 2018, 2019 the Velero contributors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ BIN=${VELERO_ROOT}/_output/bin
 mkdir -p ${BIN}
 
 echo "Updating generated Github issue template"
-go build -o ${BIN}/issue-tmpl-gen ./docs/issue-template-gen/main.go
+go build -o ${BIN}/issue-tmpl-gen ./hack/issue-template-gen/main.go
 
 if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
   echo "usage: ${BASH_SOURCE} [OUTPUT_FILE]"