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@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ package, run::
 
   $ conda install bob.ip.binseg
 
+
 Citation
 --------
-Please use the below BibTeX reference to cite this work::
+
+If you use this software package in a publication, we would appreciate if you
+could cite our work:
 
   @ARTICLE{laibacher_anjos_2019,
         author = {{Laibacher}, Tim and {Anjos}, Andr{\'e}},
@@ -48,7 +51,6 @@ Please use the below BibTeX reference to cite this work::
         eprint = {1909.03856}}
 
 
-
 Contact
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