diff --git a/toolkit/fonts/README.txt b/toolkit/fonts/README.txt
index bf5cb7e6ed..531d276615 100644
--- a/toolkit/fonts/README.txt
+++ b/toolkit/fonts/README.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 Twemoji Mozilla
 ================
 
+This is a COLR compiled version of the Twemoji font in TTF format.
+
 The upstream repository of Twemoji Mozilla can be found at
 
   https://github.com/mozilla/twemoji-colr
 
-Please refer commit history for the current version of the font.
+Please refer to the commit history for the current version of the font.
 This file purposely omits the version, so there is no need to update it here.
+
+Note: this version slightly deviates from upstream to account for slow uptake
+of changes by upstream.
+
diff --git a/toolkit/fonts/TwemojiMozilla.ttf b/toolkit/fonts/TwemojiMozilla.ttf
index fa91f6b1a4..016fc4f05a 100644
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