diff --git a/R/get_hpo.R b/R/get_hpo.R
index 2168059..ba92ffd 100644
--- a/R/get_hpo.R
+++ b/R/get_hpo.R
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #' @describeIn get_ get_
 #' Get Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
 #'
-#' Updated version of Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO).
-#' Created from the OBO files distributed by the HPO project's
-#' \href{https://github.com/obophenotype/human-phenotype-ontology}{GitHub}.
+#' Downloads and imports the "v2024-02-08" release of the
+#'  Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) for the purposes of version control and
+#'  consistency of results. To get the latest version of the HPO,
+#'  use \code{get_hpo(tag="release", force_new=T)}
+#' The HPO objects are created from the OBO files distributed via
+#' the official
+#' \href{https://github.com/obophenotype/human-phenotype-ontology}{
+#' HPO GitHub repository}.
 #'
 #' By comparison, the \code{hpo} data from \pkg{ontologyIndex} is from 2016.
 #' Note that the maximum ontology level depth in the 2016 version was 14,
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@
 get_hpo <- function(lvl = 2,
                     force_new = FALSE,
                     terms=NULL,
-                    ## rols imports the international version for some reason
+                    tag = "v2024-02-08",
                     method="github",
                     save_dir=KGExplorer::cache_dir(),
                     ...){
@@ -33,6 +38,7 @@ get_hpo <- function(lvl = 2,
                                     terms = terms,
                                     method = method,
                                     save_dir = save_dir,
+                                    tag = tag,
                                     ...)
     saveRDS(ont,file)
   } else {
diff --git a/man/get_.Rd b/man/get_.Rd
index c529379..484d1e8 100644
--- a/man/get_.Rd
+++ b/man/get_.Rd
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ get_hpo(
   lvl = 2,
   force_new = FALSE,
   terms = NULL,
+  tag = "v2024-02-08",
   method = "github",
-  save_dir = KGExplorer::cache_dir(package = "HPOExplorer"),
+  save_dir = KGExplorer::cache_dir(),
   ...
 )
 
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ For example:
 
 \item{terms}{A subset of HPO IDs to assign Tiers to.}
 
+\item{tag}{tag for the GitHub release to which this data should be attached.}
+
 \item{method}{Method to construct plot with.}
 
 \item{save_dir}{Directory to save a file to.}
@@ -72,7 +75,6 @@ to the returned object's \link[base]{attributes}}
     \item{\code{file}}{name or vector of names of files to be downloaded. If \code{NULL},
 all assets attached to the release will be downloaded.}
     \item{\code{repo}}{Repository name in format "owner/repo". Defaults to \code{guess_repo()}.}
-    \item{\code{tag}}{tag for the GitHub release to which this data should be attached.}
     \item{\code{overwrite}}{Should any local files of the same name be overwritten?
 default \code{TRUE}.}
   }}
@@ -106,9 +108,14 @@ Functions to get data objects and extract elements.
 \item \code{get_hpo()}: get_
 Get Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
 
-Updated version of Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO).
-Created from the OBO files distributed by the HPO project's
-\href{https://github.com/obophenotype/human-phenotype-ontology}{GitHub}.
+Downloads and imports the "v2024-02-08" release of the
+Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) for the purposes of version control and
+consistency of results. To get the latest version of the HPO,
+use \code{get_hpo(tag="release", force_new=T)}
+The HPO objects are created from the OBO files distributed via
+the official
+\href{https://github.com/obophenotype/human-phenotype-ontology}{
+HPO GitHub repository}.
 
 By comparison, the \code{hpo} data from \pkg{ontologyIndex} is from 2016.
 Note that the maximum ontology level depth in the 2016 version was 14,