diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 46223d7..c6a0ab3 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: grateful
 Title: Facilitate Citation of R Packages
-Version: 0.2.5
+Version: 0.2.6
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Francisco", "Rodriguez-Sanchez", 
             email = "f.rodriguez.sanc@gmail.com", 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b9e4998..43e2e42 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+# grateful 0.2.6
+
+* Explain how to cite R together with a given list of packages (issue #37).
+
 # grateful 0.2.5
 
 * Fixed a bug in writing passive voice paragraph when generating a citation report (issue #39).
diff --git a/R/cite_packages.R b/R/cite_packages.R
index eb660a6..51c1776 100644
--- a/R/cite_packages.R
+++ b/R/cite_packages.R
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
 #' within the project/folder (the default), or "Session" to include only packages
 #' used in the current session.
 #' Alternatively, `pkgs` can also be a character vector of package names to
-#' get citations for (see examples).
+#' get citations for. To cite R as well as the given packages,
+#' include "base" in `pkgs` (see examples).
 #'
 #' @param omit Character vector of package names to be omitted from the citation
 #' report. `grateful` is omitted by default. Use `omit = NULL` to include all
@@ -138,6 +139,9 @@
 #' # Cite only user-provided packages:
 #' cite_packages(pkgs = c("renv", "remotes", "knitr"), out.dir = tempdir())
 #'
+#' # Cite R as well as user-provided packages
+#' cite_packages(pkgs = c("base", "renv", "remotes", "knitr"), out.dir = tempdir())
+#'
 #'
 #' # To include citations in an R Markdown or Quarto file
 #'
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 560844b..70fdbdb 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
 <!-- badges: start -->
 `r badger::badge_cran_release()`
 ![](https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/Pakillo/grateful)
+<a href="https://diffify.com/R/grateful" target="_blank"><img src="https://diffify.com/diffify-badge.svg" alt="The diffify page for the R package grateful" style="width: 100px; max-width: 100%;"></a>
 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/Pakillo/grateful/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Pakillo/grateful/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
 [![Codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/Pakillo/grateful/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/Pakillo/grateful?branch=master)
 `r badger::badge_lifecycle("stable")`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2732297..406dd42 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 [![](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/grateful)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=grateful)
 ![](https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/Pakillo/grateful)
+<a href="https://diffify.com/R/grateful" target="_blank"><img src="https://diffify.com/diffify-badge.svg" alt="The diffify page for the R package grateful" style="width: 100px; max-width: 100%;"></a>
 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/Pakillo/grateful/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Pakillo/grateful/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
 [![Codecov test
 coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/Pakillo/grateful/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/Pakillo/grateful?branch=master)
diff --git a/man/cite_packages.Rd b/man/cite_packages.Rd
index 8c14125..d51e673 100644
--- a/man/cite_packages.Rd
+++ b/man/cite_packages.Rd
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ should instead be defined in the YAML metadata of the document
 within the project/folder (the default), or "Session" to include only packages
 used in the current session.
 Alternatively, \code{pkgs} can also be a character vector of package names to
-get citations for (see examples).}
+get citations for. To cite R as well as the given packages,
+include "base" in \code{pkgs} (see examples).}
 
 \item{omit}{Character vector of package names to be omitted from the citation
 report. \code{grateful} is omitted by default. Use \code{omit = NULL} to include all
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ cite_packages(pkgs = "Session", out.dir = tempdir())
 # Cite only user-provided packages:
 cite_packages(pkgs = c("renv", "remotes", "knitr"), out.dir = tempdir())
 
+# Cite R as well as user-provided packages
+cite_packages(pkgs = c("base", "renv", "remotes", "knitr"), out.dir = tempdir())
+
 
 # To include citations in an R Markdown or Quarto file
 
diff --git a/man/get_pkgs_info.Rd b/man/get_pkgs_info.Rd
index c608d26..0a48d54 100644
--- a/man/get_pkgs_info.Rd
+++ b/man/get_pkgs_info.Rd
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ get_pkgs_info(
 within the project/folder (the default), or "Session" to include only packages
 used in the current session.
 Alternatively, \code{pkgs} can also be a character vector of package names to
-get citations for (see examples).}
+get citations for. To cite R as well as the given packages,
+include "base" in \code{pkgs} (see examples).}
 
 \item{out.dir}{Directory to save the BibTeX file with references.
 It is recommended to set \code{out.dir = getwd()}.}
diff --git a/man/scan_packages.Rd b/man/scan_packages.Rd
index 0799c59..10b9d06 100644
--- a/man/scan_packages.Rd
+++ b/man/scan_packages.Rd
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ scan_packages(
 within the project/folder (the default), or "Session" to include only packages
 used in the current session.
 Alternatively, \code{pkgs} can also be a character vector of package names to
-get citations for (see examples).}
+get citations for. To cite R as well as the given packages,
+include "base" in \code{pkgs} (see examples).}
 
 \item{omit}{Character vector of package names to be omitted from the citation
 report. \code{grateful} is omitted by default. Use \code{omit = NULL} to include all