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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <p align="center">
 	Utility functions for working with TypeScript's API.
-	Based on the wonderful <a href="/~https://github.com/ajafff/tsutils">tsutils</a>.
+	Successor to the wonderful <a href="/~https://github.com/ajafff/tsutils">tsutils</a>.
 </p>
 
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "ts-api-utils",
 	"version": "0.0.20",
-	"description": "Utility functions for working with TypeScript's API. Based on the wonderful tsutils.",
+	"description": "Utility functions for working with TypeScript's API. Successor to the wonderful tsutils.",
 	"repository": {
 		"type": "git",
 		"url": "/~https://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/ts-api-utils"