diff --git a/examples/blog/src/components/Footer.astro b/examples/blog/src/components/Footer.astro
index d77e49ec25..96c2fce912 100644
--- a/examples/blog/src/components/Footer.astro
+++ b/examples/blog/src/components/Footer.astro
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const today = new Date();
 	© {today.getFullYear()} Your name here. All rights reserved.
 	<div class="social-links">
 		<a href="https://m.webtoo.ls/@astro" target="_blank">
+			<span class="sr-only">Follow Astro on Mastodon</span>
 			<svg
 				viewBox="0 0 16 16"
 				aria-hidden="true"
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const today = new Date();
 			>
 		</a>
 		<a href="https://twitter.com/astrodotbuild" target="_blank">
+			<span class="sr-only">Follow Astro on Twitter</span>
 			<svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true" width="32" height="32" astro-icon="social/twitter"
 				><path
 					fill="currentColor"
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ const today = new Date();
 			>
 		</a>
 		<a href="https://github.com/withastro/astro" target="_blank">
+			<span class="sr-only">Go to Astro's GitHub repo</span>
 			<svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true" width="32" height="32" astro-icon="social/github"
 				><path
 					fill="currentColor"