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@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ larger bundle sizes, and makes the codebase less inviting.
 
 ### The core solution
 
-To tackle this problem, these lint rules offer a way to **annotate such forked
-codepaths and their associated browser versions versions via code comments**.
-The lint rules will then alert you when those browser versions change.
+To tackle this problem, **browserbug offers a set of lint rules to annotate such
+forked codepaths and their associated browser versions versions, via code
+comments**. The lint rules will then alert you when those browser versions
+change.
 
 The comment annotations look like this:
 
@@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ categoriesof bugs, workarounds and manual feature detection, that require some
 manual annotation. We hope that these rules help you keep your codebase tidy for
 years to come.
 
+## About the name
+
+The name "browserbug" is tongue-in-cheek. It comes from "that's a browser bug"
+being used as a catch-all phrase, which can mean anything from differing web API
+support, occasional or long-standing browser quirks, manual workarounds, and
+nest bugs. Since manual annotations fill a niche for many of these cases,
+"browserbug" seemed like fun and visually distinct way to mark such code
+sections, even if it is not strictly correct.
+
 ## Where to go from here
 
 This is the repository root. To get started, consider