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diff --git a/g10/helptext.c b/g10/helptext.c
index dcb164d30..973a905c6 100644
--- a/g10/helptext.c
+++ b/g10/helptext.c
@@ -165,9 +165,14 @@ static struct helptexts { const char *key; const char *help; } helptexts[] = {
" mean that you verified the key fingerprint and checked the user ID on the\n"
" key against a photo ID.\n\n"
"\"3\" means you did extensive verification of the key. For example, this could\n"
-" mean that you verified the key fingerprint and checked the user ID on the\n"
-" key against a photo ID, and also verified the email address on the key\n"
-" belongs to the key owner.\n\n"
+" mean that you verified the key fingerprint with the owner of the key in\n"
+" person, and that you checked, by means of a hard to forge document with a\n"
+" photo ID (such as a passport) that the name of the key owner matches the\n"
+" name in the user ID on the key, and finally that you verified (by exchange\n"
+" of email) that the email address on the key belongs to the key owner.\n\n"
+"Note that the examples given above for levels 2 and 3 are *only* examples.\n"
+"In the end, it is up to you to decide just what \"casual\" and \"extensive\"\n"
+"mean to you when you sign other keys.\n\n"
"If you don't know what the right answer is, answer \"0\"."
)},
@@ -301,5 +306,3 @@ display_online_help( const char *keyword )
}
tty_printf("\n");
}
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