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 Pull request labeler triages PRs based on the paths that are modified in the PR.
 
-**Caveat:** This only works when the PRs come from inside same account/organization. (if the PR is from a forked repo, like is commmon in many OSS projects, this action will not work due to lack of permissions).
+Note that only pull requests being opened from the same repository can be labeled.  This action will not currently work for pull requests from forks -- like is common in open source projects -- because the token for forked pull request workflows does not have write permissions.
 
 ## Usage