diff --git a/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/404.php b/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/404.php
index 90f2da88..d22bcc69 100644
--- a/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/404.php
+++ b/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/404.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 					<?php } else { ?>
 
 						<header class="entry-header">
-							<h1 class="entry-title">The requested content was not found.</h1>
+							<h1 class="entry-title">Sorry, that link doesn’t work anymore. Get help below!</h1>
 						</header>
 						<?php get_template_part( 'inc/site-search' ); ?>
 
diff --git a/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/inc/site-search.php b/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/inc/site-search.php
index 10493b02..307e90af 100644
--- a/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/inc/site-search.php
+++ b/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/inc/site-search.php
@@ -20,18 +20,14 @@
 		</div>
 	</form>
 
-	<h2>Browse our <a href="/site-search">A-Z index of pages</a> on this site.</h2>
-
-	<p>You can also check out these commonly-used resources:</p>
+	<h2>Need help? <a href="/ask">Ask us!</a></h2>
 
+	<p>Or try:</p>
 	<ul>
-		<li><a href="//libraries.mit.edu/quicksearch">Quick search: Books, articles, &amp; more at MIT</a></li>
-		<li><a href="//libguides.mit.edu/directory">Staff directory</a></li>
-		<li><a href="/research-guides">Research guides - databases by subject</a></li>
-		<li><a href="/shortcuts/">Shortcuts to frequently used pages</a></li>
+		<li><a href="/search">Quick search: Books, articles, films, archival material, and more</a></li>
+		<li><a href="/research-guides">Research guides &amp; expert librarians</a></li>
 		<li><a href="//web.mit.edu/search.html">MIT web site search</a></li>
 	</ul>
 
-	<p><a href="/ask">Need more help? Ask us!</a></p>
 
 </div><!-- .entry-content -->
diff --git a/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/search.php b/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/search.php
index f3988789..d38e1423 100644
--- a/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/search.php
+++ b/web/app/themes/mitlib-parent/search.php
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 /**
  * The template for displaying Search Results pages.
  *
+ * We generally don't rely on this template for _most_ of our site search.
+ * However, the template remains to handle built in search functionality in
+ * WordPress.
+ *
+ * Example link that uses this template: `/?s=keyword`
+ *
  * @package MITlib_Parent
  * @since 0.2.0
  */