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 <div class="container">
     <h1>GO REFs</h1>
-    <p>This is a collection of references used by the GO Consortium</p>
+    <p>This is a collection of references used by the GO Consortium. GO References (GO_REFs) are non-PMID references used by the GO Consortium and usually describe the method or project used to generate a specific set of annotations.</p>
 
     {% if jekyll.environment == "development" %}
         {% unless site.data.gorefs %}