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@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ metrics. Prominent projects that use Scorecard include:
 
 ### View a Project's Score
 
-To see scores for projects regularly scanned by Scorecard, navigate to the webviewer, replacing the placeholder text with the platform, user/org, and repository name:
-https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=<github_or_gitlab>.com/<user_name_or_org>/<repository_name>.
+To see scores for projects regularly scanned by Scorecard, navigate to the [webviewer](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=). You can also replace the placeholder text (platform, user/org, and repository name) in the following template link to generate a custom Scorecard link for a repo:
+`https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=<github_or_gitlab>.com/<user_name_or_org>/<repository_name>`
 
 For example:
  - [https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/ossf/scorecard](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/ossf/scorecard)