diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java
index 347058538..861fe5632 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/jena/JenaIngestController.java
@@ -1003,12 +1003,12 @@ public class JenaIngestController extends BaseEditController {
 		}
 	private String getUnusedURI(String newNamespace){
 		String uri = null;
-		Random random = new Random();
+		Random random = new Random(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 		boolean resourcePresent=true;
 		OntModel vitroJenaModel = (OntModel) getServletContext().getAttribute("baseOntModel");
 		Resource res = null;
 		do{
-		uri = newNamespace + "individual" + random.nextInt();
+		uri = newNamespace + "n" + random.nextInt();
 		res = vitroJenaModel.getResource(uri);
 		StmtIterator stmtItr1 = vitroJenaModel.listStatements(res,(Property)null,(RDFNode)null);
 		if(!stmtItr1.hasNext()){
diff --git a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/ingestMenu.jsp b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/ingestMenu.jsp
index 15a7b6d98..367c3753e 100644
--- a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/ingestMenu.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/ingestMenu.jsp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<li><a href="ingest?action=splitPropertyValues">Split Property Value Strings into Multiple Property Values</a></li>
 	<li><a href="ingest?action=executeWorkflow">Execute Workflow</a></li>
 	<li><a href="ingest?action=mergeIndividuals">Merge Individuals</a></li>
-	<li><a href="ingest?action=renameResource">Rename Resource</a></li> 
+	<li><a href="ingest?action=renameResource">Change Namespace of Resources</a></li> 
 </ul>
 
 
diff --git a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/listModels.jsp b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/listModels.jsp
index 6c4fbb06b..d2ef19afd 100644
--- a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/listModels.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/listModels.jsp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 			<form action="ingest" method="get"><input type="hidden"
 				name="action" value="permanentURI" /> <input type="hidden"
 				name="modelName" value="<%=modelName%>" /> <input type="submit"
-				name="submit" value="Permanent URI" /></form>
+				name="submit" value="generate permanent URIs" /></form>
 			</td>
             <td>&nbsp;</td>
             </tr>
diff --git a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/mergeIndividuals.jsp b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/mergeIndividuals.jsp
index fc42ad097..6de9e1f31 100644
--- a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/mergeIndividuals.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/mergeIndividuals.jsp
@@ -20,10 +20,25 @@
 <p><a href="ingest">Ingest Home</a></p>
 
 <h2>Merge Individuals</h2>
+
+<p>This tool allows two individuals with different URIs to be collapsed into a 
+   single URI.  Any statements using the "duplicate individual URI" will be 
+   rewritten using the "primary individual URI."  If there are multiple 
+   statements for a property that can have only a single value, the extra
+   statements will be retracted from the model and offered for download.</p>
+<p>This tool operates on the main web application model only, not on any 
+   of the additional Jena models.</p> 
+
 <form id="takeuri" action="ingest" method="get">
 <input type="hidden" name="action" value="mergeIndividuals"/>
-<p>Individual URI1  <input id="uri1" type="text" size="52" name="uri1"/></p>
-<p>Individual URI2  <input id="uri2" type="text" size="52" name="uri2"/></p>
-<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /></p>
+<table>
+<tr>
+    <td>Primary individual URI</td><td><input id="uri1" type="text" size="52" name="uri1"/></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>Duplicate individual URI</td><td><input id="uri2" type="text" size="52" name="uri2"/></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Merge individuals" /></p>
 </form>
 
diff --git a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/permanentURI.jsp b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/permanentURI.jsp
index 1cdc5b6d8..c3aa9b2bd 100644
--- a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/permanentURI.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/permanentURI.jsp
@@ -17,12 +17,23 @@
 
 <p><a href="ingest">Ingest Home</a></p>
 
-<h2>Assign Permanent URI To Individuals</h2>
+<h2>Assign Permanent URIs To Resources</h2>
+
+<p>This tool will rename the resources in the selected model to with new
+randomly-generated URIs following the pattern used in the main application.  
+The tool will generate URIs that are not already in use in the main web 
+application model. Statements using the newly-renamed resources will be 
+written to the "model to save."</p> 
+
+<p>The permanent URIs may be generated in an arbitrary "new namespace for 
+resources."  Otherwise, the "use default namespace" option will generate
+URIs exactly of the form created through the GUI interface.</p>
+
 <form action="ingest" method="get" >
 <%String modelName = (String)request.getAttribute("modelName"); %>
 <input type="hidden" name="oldModel" value="<%=modelName%>"/>
 <input type="hidden" name="action" value="permanentURI" />
-<p>Namespace of resources  <select name=oldNamespace><%List namespaces = (List)request.getAttribute("namespaceList");
+<p>Current namespace of resources  <select name=oldNamespace><%List namespaces = (List)request.getAttribute("namespaceList");
 if(namespaces != null){
 	Iterator namespaceItr = namespaces.iterator();
 	Integer count = 0;
@@ -42,10 +53,10 @@ if(namespaces != null){
     }
 %>
 </select></p>
-<p>New Namespace for resources  <input type="text" name="newNamespace" /></p>
+<p>New namespace for resources  <input type="text" name="newNamespace" /></p>
 Or <%String defaultNamespace = (String)request.getAttribute("defaultNamespace");%>
-<p>Choose Default Namespace <%=defaultNamespace%>  <input type="checkbox" name="defaultNamespace" value ="<%=defaultNamespace%>"/>
+<p>Use default namespace <%=defaultNamespace%>  <input type="checkbox" name="defaultNamespace" value ="<%=defaultNamespace%>"/>
 </p>
 
-<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /></p>
+<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Generate URIs" /></p>
 </form>
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diff --git a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/renameResource.jsp b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/renameResource.jsp
index dad726387..ffa18af87 100644
--- a/webapp/web/jenaIngest/renameResource.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/jenaIngest/renameResource.jsp
@@ -12,10 +12,18 @@
 
 <p><a href="ingest">Ingest Home</a></p>
 
-<h2>Rename Resource</h2>
+<h2>Change Namespace of Resources</h2>
+
+<p>This tool will change all resources in the supplied "old namespace" 
+to be in the "new namespace."  Additionally, the local names will be updated
+to follow the established "n" + random integer naming convention.</p>
+
+<p>This tool operates on the main web application model only, not on any 
+   of the additional Jena models.</p>
+
 <form id="takeuri" action="ingest" method="get">
 <input type="hidden" name="action" value="renameResource"/>
 <p>Old Namespace  <input id="uri1" type="text" size="52" name="uri1"/></p>
 <p>New Namespace  <input id="uri2" type="text" size="52" name="uri2"/></p>
-<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /></p>
+<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change namespace" /></p>
 </form>
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