diff --git a/CONVENTIONS.md b/CONVENTIONS.md
index 44c3a41..f70350e 100644
--- a/CONVENTIONS.md
+++ b/CONVENTIONS.md
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ README.
 - **The hosting line** follows the family list in the about panel: the
   games are free and will stay free, the servers cost a few dollars a
   month, and ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest is where anyone may chip in. It says
-  every game stays whole either way, and it never names a game's rights
-  holder: a tip is for the hosting, not the
+  chipping in unlocks nothing and nothing is held back without it, and it
+  never names a game's rights holder: a tip is for the hosting, not the
   game.
 
 - **Preferences** are what a browser remembers about its player: a panel
diff --git a/gamehall/site/index.html b/gamehall/site/index.html
index 1bea804..ae110d9 100644
--- a/gamehall/site/index.html
+++ b/gamehall/site/index.html
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
         </div>
       </div>
       <h2 style="margin-top:28px">The hosting</h2>
-      <p>The games are free and will stay free. They run on small servers that cost a few dollars a month, and anyone who wants to chip in toward the hosting can do so at <a class="nowrap" href="https://ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest">ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest</a>. Every game stays whole either way.</p>
+      <p>The games are free and will stay free. They run on small servers that cost a few dollars a month, and anyone who wants to chip in toward the hosting can do so at <a class="nowrap" href="https://ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest">ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest</a>. Chipping in unlocks nothing, and nothing is held back without it.</p>
     </div>
   </section>
 
diff --git a/template/src/lib/components/Hall.svelte b/template/src/lib/components/Hall.svelte
index 0aa144f..682c19e 100644
--- a/template/src/lib/components/Hall.svelte
+++ b/template/src/lib/components/Hall.svelte
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
 			{/if}
 			<p class="hosting">
 				The games of Kestrel's Hall are free and will stay free. They run on small servers that cost a few dollars a month, and anyone who wants to chip in toward the hosting can do so at
-				<a href="https://ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest</a>. Every game stays whole either way.
+				<a href="https://ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest</a>. Chipping in unlocks nothing, and nothing is held back without it.
 			</p>
 			<p class="made">__NAME__ is its designer's.</p>
 		</div>