diff --git a/pages/index.js b/pages/index.js
index 6cadbba..7700463 100644
--- a/pages/index.js
+++ b/pages/index.js
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export default function Home({ listOfElementsDefault }) {
                 <br />
                 <br />
                 <label>
-                  Reasoning:
+                  Reasoning (optional):
                   <textarea value={reasoning} onChange={(event) => setReasoning(event.target.value)} />        
                 </label>
                 <br />
diff --git a/pages/research.js b/pages/research.js
index 99353c5..d0a3a60 100644
--- a/pages/research.js
+++ b/pages/research.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 const elementsDocument = '../data/listOfResearchOutputs.json'
 const domain = 10**7
 
-
 /* Imports */
 import Head from 'next/head'
 import React, { useState } from "react";
@@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ export default function Home({ listOfElementsDefault }) {
                 <br />
                 <br />
                 <label>
-                  Reasoning:
+                  Reasoning (optional):
                   <textarea value={reasoning} onChange={(event) => setReasoning(event.target.value)} />        
                 </label>
                 <br />
@@ -420,4 +419,4 @@ export default function Home({ listOfElementsDefault }) {
 
     </div>
   )
-}
+}
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