diff --git a/mod/notifications.php b/mod/notifications.php
index 4a0b541891..1c0c11ae52 100644
--- a/mod/notifications.php
+++ b/mod/notifications.php
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ function notifications_content(&$a) {
 						'$intro_id' => $rr['intro_id'],
 						'$friend_selected' => $friend_selected,
 						'$fan_selected' => $fan_selected,
-						'$approve_as' => t('Approve as: '),
+						'$approve_as' => t('Shall your connection be bidirectional or not? "Friend" implies that you allow to read and you subscribe to their posts. "Fan" means that you allow to read but you do not want to read theirs. Approve as: '),
 						'$as_friend' => t('Friend'),
 						'$as_fan' => (($rr['network'] == NETWORK_DIASPORA) ? t('Sharer') : t('Fan/Admirer'))
 					));