I think this is a wonderful idea, but you’re right that maybe it could be rephrased. How about a concise, straight-to-the-point bug report followed by this at the end:
> Thanks so much for this great project! I hope you don’t think I’m complaining, just thought you might want to know about this bug. Cheers.
> Thanks so much for this great project! I hope you don’t think I’m complaining, just thought you might want to know about this bug. Cheers.