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-For any work that uses Rayleigh, or work that uses software which incorporates
-Rayleigh source code, please acknowledge the authors and funding agencies as
-indicated in our online documentation:
+Please cite the appropriate references if you publish results that were obtained in some part using Rayleigh as indicated in our online documentation:
 
 https://rayleigh-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/doc/source/citing_rayleigh.html