diff --git a/ingest/Snakefile b/ingest/Snakefile
index fb26cc1..8c916ce 100644
--- a/ingest/Snakefile
+++ b/ingest/Snakefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ rule all:
         _get_all_targets,
 
 
-include: "rules/fetch_sequences.smk"
+include: "rules/fetch_from_ncbi.smk"
 include: "rules/transform.smk"
 
 
diff --git a/ingest/rules/fetch_sequences.smk b/ingest/rules/fetch_from_ncbi.smk
similarity index 94%
rename from ingest/rules/fetch_sequences.smk
rename to ingest/rules/fetch_from_ncbi.smk
index 2fef4b1..c775819 100644
--- a/ingest/rules/fetch_sequences.smk
+++ b/ingest/rules/fetch_from_ncbi.smk
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ defined in the config. If adding other sources, add a new rule upstream
 of rule `fetch_all_sequences` to create the file `data/{source}.ndjson` or the
 file must exist as a static file in the repo.
 
+Fetch with NCBI Datasets (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/)
+    - requires `ncbi_taxon_id` config
+    - Only returns metadata fields that are available through NCBI Datasets
+
 Produces final output as
 
     sequences_ndjson = "data/sequences.ndjson"