diff --git a/docs/src/userguide/citation.rst b/docs/src/userguide/citation.rst
index 4782e775c4..d0496f4876 100644
--- a/docs/src/userguide/citation.rst
+++ b/docs/src/userguide/citation.rst
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ Citing Iris
 If Iris played an important part in your research then please add us to your
 reference list by using the recommendations below.
 
-IRIS can be cited directly from the `GitHub repository. <https://github.com/SciTools/iris>`_
+Iris can be cited directly from the `GitHub repository <https://github.com/SciTools/iris>`_
+, for more information including where to find the citation on the repo please
+see the `GitHub documentation`_.
 
-The IRIS citation does not contain the version of the software used. We
+The Iris citation does not contain the version of the software used. We
 recommend that you use the version number of the release you used, and the
-commit hash of the version you used. This will allow others to reproduce the
-environment that you worked in.
+commit hash if you checked out a unreleased version of Iris. This will allow
+others to reproduce the environment that you worked in. You can see what a
+citation should look like for a particular version of Iris, on the `GitHub documentation`_.
 
-You can find what a citation should look like for a particular version of IRIS,
-and where to find the citation on GitHub by looking at the `documentation GitHub
-has for citing repositories. <https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-citation-files>`_
+.. _GitHub documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-citation-files/
diff --git a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
index 6ae3bfc05b..f73d6b0090 100644
--- a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
+++ b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 #. `@lbdreyer`_ relicensed Iris from LGPL-3 to BSD-3. (:pull: `5577`)
 
 #. `@HGWright`_, `@bjlittle`_ and `@trexfeathers`_ (reviewers) added a
-   CITATION.cff file to Iris and updated the citation documentation, to help
-   users cite Iris in their work. (:pull:`5483`)
+   CITATION.cff file to Iris and updated the :ref:`citation documentation <Citing_Iris>`
+   , to help users cite Iris in their work. (:pull:`5483`)
 
 
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