diff --git a/docs/src/developers_guide/github_app.rst b/docs/src/developers_guide/github_app.rst
index 338166fd76..402cfe0c75 100644
--- a/docs/src/developers_guide/github_app.rst
+++ b/docs/src/developers_guide/github_app.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ Token GitHub App
    This section of the documentation is applicable only to GitHub `SciTools`_
    Organisation **owners** and **administrators**.
 
+.. note::
+
+   The ``iris-actions`` GitHub App has been rebranded with the more generic
+   name ``scitools-ci``, as the app can be used for any `SciTools`_ repository,
+   not just ``iris`` specifically.
+
+   All of the following instructions are still applicable.
+
+
 This section describes how to create, configure, install and use our `SciTools`_
 GitHub App for generating tokens for use with *GitHub Actions* (GHA).
 
@@ -269,4 +278,4 @@ to generate a token for use with the `create-pull-request`_ GHA:
 .. _conda-lock: https://github.com/conda-incubator/conda-lock
 .. _create-pull-request: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
 .. _github-app-token: https://github.com/tibdex/github-app-token
-.. _refresh-lockfiles: https://github.com/SciTools/iris/blob/main/.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml
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+.. _refresh-lockfiles: https://github.com/SciTools/iris/blob/main/.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml