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diff --git a/templates/en/admindbpreamble.html b/templates/en/admindbpreamble.html
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+++ b/templates/en/admindbpreamble.html
@@ -4,32 +4,37 @@ First you will find the list of pending subscription requests (if
 there are any), followed by any mailing list postings being held for
 your approval.
 
-<p>For each subscription request, select <b>Refuse</b> or
-<b>Subscribe</b>.  If you refuse the subscription, you can
-optionally add a reason for the refusal in the accompanying text box.
+<p>For each administrative request, please select the action to take
+by choosing one of:
 
-<p>For each held posting, select the action
-to take by choosing one of
 <ul>
-<li><b>Defer</b> - Defer your decision until later.  Use this if you
-just want to forward or preserve (see below) the message but not
-dispose of it yet.
-<li><b>Approve</b> - Approve the message and send it on to the list.
-<li><b>Reject</b> - Reject the message, sending a rejection notice to
-the sender.  The original message is discarded.
-<li><b>Discard</b> - The original message is discarded with no
-rejection message being sent.  This option is useful for spam.
+<li><b>Defer</b> -- Defer your decision until later.  No action is
+    taken for this request, but for held postings, you can still
+    forward or preserve the message (see below).
+
+<li><b>Approve</b> -- Approve the message, sending it on to the list,
+    or for membership requests, approve the change in membership
+    status.
+
+<li><b>Reject</b> -- Reject the message, sending a rejection notice to
+    the sender, and discarding the original message.  For membership
+    requests, reject the change in membership status.  In this case,
+    you should add a reason for the rejection in the accompanying text
+    box.
+
+<li><b>Discard</b> -- Throw away the original message, without sending
+    a rejection notice.  For membership requests, this simply discards
+    the request, again, without notice to the person making the
+    request.
 </ul>
 
-<p>Turn on the <b>Preserve</b> option if you want to save a copy if
-this message for the site administrator.  This is useful for abusive
-messages.  Turn on the <b>Forward to</b> option, and fill in the
-forwarding address if you want to forward the message to someone else
-not on the list.
+<p>For held messages, turn on the <b>Preserve</b> option if you want
+to save a copy of this message for the site administrator.  This is
+useful for abusive messages.  Turn on the <b>Forward to</b> option,
+and fill in the forwarding address if you want to forward the message
+to someone else not on the list.
 
 <p>When you're finished, click on the <em>Submit All Data</em> button
 at the top or bottom of this page.  This button will submit all
 selected actions for all administrative requests that you've made a
-decision for.  If you don't want to make a decision for some requests,
-leave all the action radio buttons unselected, and that request will
-not be removed from the pending database.  You can also
+decision for.