diff --git a/bots/bridgekeeper/src/main/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/bridgekeeper/PullRequestPrunerBot.java b/bots/bridgekeeper/src/main/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/bridgekeeper/PullRequestPrunerBot.java
index 253b097ed..499b4fb65 100644
--- a/bots/bridgekeeper/src/main/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/bridgekeeper/PullRequestPrunerBot.java
+++ b/bots/bridgekeeper/src/main/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/bridgekeeper/PullRequestPrunerBot.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class PullRequestPrunerBotWorkItem implements WorkItem {
 
     PullRequestPrunerBotWorkItem(PullRequest pr, Duration maxAge) {
         this.pr = pr;
-        this.maxAge = maxAge;
+        this.maxAge = pr.isDraft() ? maxAge.multipliedBy(2) : maxAge;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ public Collection<WorkItem> run(Path scratchPath) {
             if (lastComment.author().equals(pr.repository().forge().currentUser()) && lastComment.body().contains(noticeMarker)) {
                 var message = "@" + pr.author().username() + " This pull request has been inactive for more than " +
                         formatDuration(maxAge.multipliedBy(2)) + " and will now be automatically closed. If you would " +
-                        "like to continue working on this pull request in the future, feel free to reopen it!";
+                        "like to continue working on this pull request in the future, feel free to reopen it! This can be done " +
+                        "using the `/open` pull request command.";
                 log.fine("Posting prune message");
                 pr.addComment(message);
                 pr.setState(PullRequest.State.CLOSED);
diff --git a/bots/bridgekeeper/src/test/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/bridgekeeper/PullRequestPrunerBotTests.java b/bots/bridgekeeper/src/test/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/bridgekeeper/PullRequestPrunerBotTests.java
index 3522a7ac3..2611e0a1a 100644
--- a/bots/bridgekeeper/src/test/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/bridgekeeper/PullRequestPrunerBotTests.java
+++ b/bots/bridgekeeper/src/test/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/bridgekeeper/PullRequestPrunerBotTests.java
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ void close(TestInfo testInfo) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
             // There should now be no open PRs
             var prs = author.pullRequests();
             assertEquals(0, prs.size());
+
+            // There should be a mention on how to reopen
+            var comment = pr.comments().get(pr.comments().size() - 1).body();
+            assertTrue(comment.contains("`/open`"), comment);
         }
     }