diff --git a/mod/notifications.php b/mod/notifications.php
index 3280456474..41cccdae9d 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('Choose "Friend" to allow to read and to subscribe to their posts. Choose "Fan" to allow to read if you do not want to read their posts. Approve as: '),
+						'$approve_as' => t('Shall your connection be bidirectional or not? "Friend" implies that you allow to read and you subscribe to their posts. "Fan" means that you allow to read but you do not want to read theirs. To start sharing with a Diaspora contact, choose "Fan". Approve as: '),
 						'$as_friend' => t('Friend'),
 						'$as_fan' => (($rr['network'] == NETWORK_DIASPORA) ? t('Sharer') : t('Fan/Admirer'))
 					));