diff --git a/emoji/emojimap.json b/emoji/emojimap.json
index cf06d4c..7b3c8f2 100644
--- a/emoji/emojimap.json
+++ b/emoji/emojimap.json
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@
     [":turtle:"],
     [":carousel_horse:", "U+1F3A0"],
     [":two_women_holding_hands:", ":two_men_holding_hands:", ":couple:", "U+1F46C ", "U+1F46D", "U+1F46B"],
-    [":uk:"],
+    [":uk:", "U+1F1EC", "U+1F1E7"],
     [":umbrella:"],
     [":unlock:"],
-    [":us:"],
+    [":us:", "U+1F1FA", "U+1F1F8"],
     [":v:"],
     [":vhs:"],
     [":violin:"],
diff --git a/emoji/map.go b/emoji/map.go
index b146e6c..75edb87 100644
--- a/emoji/map.go
+++ b/emoji/map.go
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ type VersionedMap struct {
 }
 
 // Words are a set of options to represent an emoji.
-// Possible options could be the ":colon_notation:" or a "U+26CF" style codepoint.
+// Possible options could be the ":colon_notation:", a "U+26CF" style
+// codepoint, or the unicode value itself.
 type Words []string
 
 // IsColonNotation checks for whether a word is the :colon_notation: of emoji
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func IsColonNotation(word string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(word, ":") && strings.HasSuffix(word, ":")
 }
 
-// IsCodepoint checks for whether a word is the "U+1234" codepoint style of emoji
+// IsCodepoint checks for whether a word is the "U+1234" codepoint style of emoji. Codepoints can sometimes be a combo, like flags
 func IsCodepoint(word string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToUpper(word), "U+")
 }