diff --git a/SPECS/rocky-release.spec b/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
index 0c15109a5b623aacc0cea59f9d497116ffc5c197..9ae7446813374037b6c07a99298b4469e9b3e03a 100644
--- a/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
+++ b/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
@@ -76,8 +76,27 @@ ln -s ../usr/lib/os-release %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/os-release
 echo "cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:%{major}" > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/system-release-cpe
 
 # create /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net
-echo '\S -- EVALUATION ONLY' > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/issue
-echo 'Kernel \r on an \m' >> %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/issue
+#echo '\S' > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/issue
+#echo 'Kernel \r on an \m' >> %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/issue
+cat << EOF > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/issue
+    `.-/+++++++++/-.`
+  `-+++++++++++++++++-`
+ .+++++++++++++++++++++.
+-+++++++++++++++++++++++.
++++++++++++++++/-/+++++++
++++++++++++++/.   ./+++++
++++++++++++:.       ./+++
++++++++++:`   `:/:`   .:/
+-++++++:`   .:+++++:`
+ .+++-`   ./+++++++++:`
+  `-`   ./+++++++++++-
+       -+++++++++:-.`
+
+WARNING: THIS RELEASE IS NOT PRODUCTION READY.
+
+\S -- TEST RELEASE -- EVALUATION ONLY
+Kernel \r on an \m
+EOF
 cp %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/issue{,.net}
 echo >> %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/issue