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@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ spatial and spatiotemporal random fields. bioRxiv
 
 A list of (known) publications that use sdmTMB can be found [here](https://github.com/pbs-assess/sdmTMB/wiki/Publications-using-sdmTMB). Please use the above citation so we can track publications.
 
-
 ## Related software
 
 sdmTMB is heavily inspired by the [VAST](https://github.com/James-Thorson-NOAA/VAST) R package:
@@ -167,12 +166,14 @@ Run some basic sanity checks on our model:
 sanity(fit)
 ```
 
-Use the [ggeffects](https://github.com/strengejacke/ggeffects) package (**the GitHub version until the next ggeffects CRAN update**) to plot the smoother effect:
+Use the [ggeffects](https://github.com/strengejacke/ggeffects) package to plot the smoother effect:
 
 ```{r plot-ggpredict-link, warning=FALSE, message=FALSE}
 ggeffects::ggpredict(fit, "depth [50:400, by=2]") |> plot()
 ```
 
+If the depth effect was parametric and not a penalized smoother, we could have alternatively used `ggeffects::ggeffect()` for a fast marginal effect plot.
+
 Predict on new data:
 
 ```{r}
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@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@ sanity(fit)
 ```
 
 Use the [ggeffects](https://github.com/strengejacke/ggeffects) package
-(**the GitHub version until the next ggeffects CRAN update**) to plot
-the smoother effect:
+to plot the smoother effect:
 
 ``` r
 ggeffects::ggpredict(fit, "depth [50:400, by=2]") |> plot()
@@ -330,6 +329,10 @@ ggeffects::ggpredict(fit, "depth [50:400, by=2]") |> plot()
 
 <img src="man/figures/README-plot-ggpredict-link-1.png" width="50%" />
 
+If the depth effect was parametric and not a penalized smoother, we
+could have alternatively used `ggeffects::ggeffect()` for a fast
+marginal effect plot.
+
 Predict on new data:
 
 ``` r