diff --git a/flax/nnx/graph.py b/flax/nnx/graph.py
index fec21add2..11bf14584 100644
--- a/flax/nnx/graph.py
+++ b/flax/nnx/graph.py
@@ -1297,10 +1297,18 @@ def merge(
   /,
   *states: tp.Mapping[KeyT, tp.Any],
 ) -> A:
-  """The inverse of :func:`split`.
+  """The inverse of :func:`flax.nnx.split`.
 
-  ``merge`` takes a :class:`GraphDef` and one or more :class:`State`'s and creates
-  a new node with the same structure as the original node.
+  ``nnx.merge`` takes a :class:`flax.nnx.GraphDef` and one or more :class:`flax.nnx.State`'s
+  and creates a new node with the same structure as the original node.
+
+  Recall: :func:`flax.nnx.split` is used to represent a :class:`flax.nnx.Module`
+  by: 1) a static ``nnx.GraphDef`` that captures its Pythonic static information;
+  and 2) one or more :class:`flax.nnx.Variable` ``nnx.State``'(s) that capture
+  its ``jax.Array``'s in the form of JAX pytrees.
+
+  ``nnx.merge`` is used in conjunction with ``nnx.split`` to switch seamlessly
+  between stateful and stateless representations of the graph.
 
   Example usage::
 
@@ -1320,17 +1328,17 @@ def merge(
     >>> assert isinstance(new_node.batch_norm, nnx.BatchNorm)
     >>> assert isinstance(new_node.linear, nnx.Linear)
 
-  :func:`split` and :func:`merge` are primarily used to interact directly with JAX
-  transformations, see
-  `Functional API <https://flax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/nnx/nnx_basics.html#the-functional-api>`__
+  ``nnx.split`` and ``nnx.merge`` are primarily used to interact directly with JAX
+  transformations (refer to
+  `Functional API <https://flax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/nnx_basics.html#the-flax-functional-api>`__
   for more information.
 
   Args:
-    graphdef: A :class:`GraphDef` object.
-    state: A :class:`State` object.
-    *states: Additional :class:`State` objects.
+    graphdef: A :class:`flax.nnx.GraphDef` object.
+    state: A :class:`flax.nnx.State` object.
+    *states: Additional :class:`flax.nnx.State` objects.
   Returns:
-    The merged :class:`Module`.
+    The merged :class:`flax.nnx.Module`.
   """
   state = State.merge(state, *states)
   node = unflatten(graphdef, state)
@@ -1852,4 +1860,4 @@ def _unflatten_pytree(
   type(None),
   flatten=lambda x: ([], None),
   unflatten=lambda _, __: None,  # type: ignore
-)
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+)