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diff --git a/doc/documentation/chapters/preface.texi b/doc/documentation/chapters/preface.texi
index 65e627368..29cf924a2 100644
--- a/doc/documentation/chapters/preface.texi
+++ b/doc/documentation/chapters/preface.texi
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ all kinds of basic applications for the foundation of a new Internet.
 
 @menu
 * About this book::
+* Contributing to this book::
 * Introduction::
 * Project governance::
-* General Terminology::
 * Typography::
 @end menu
 
@@ -37,6 +37,26 @@ The first chapter (``Preface'') as well as the the second
 chapter (``Philosophy'') give an introduction to GNUnet as a project,
 what GNUnet tries to achieve.
 
+@node Contributing to this book
+@section Contributing to this book
+
+The GNUnet Reference Manual is a collective work produced by various
+people throughout the years. The version you are reading is derived
+from many individual efforts hosted on our website. This was a failed
+experiment, and with the conversion to Texinfo we hope to address this
+in the longterm. Texinfo is the documentation language of the GNU project.
+While it can be intimidating at first and look scary or complicated,
+it is just another way to express text format instructions. We encourage
+you to take this opportunity and learn about Texinfo, learn about GNUnet,
+and one word at a time we will arrive at a book which explains GNUnet in
+the least complicated way to you. Even when you don't want or can't learn
+Texinfo, you can contribute. Send us an Email or join our IRC chat room
+on freenode and talk with us about the documentation (the prefered way
+to reach out is the mailinglist, since you can communicate with us
+without waiting on someone in the chatroom). One way or another you
+can help shape the understanding of GNUnet without the ability to read
+and understand its sourcecode.
+
 @node Introduction
 @section Introduction
 
@@ -139,13 +159,6 @@ GNUnet e.V. may also choose to adjust the license of the
 software (with the constraint that it has to remain free software)@footnote{For example in 2018 we switched from GPL3 to AGPL3. In practice these changes do not happen very often.}
 
 
-@node General Terminology
-@section General Terminology
-
-In the following manual we may use words that can not be found in the
-Appendix. Since we want to keep the manual selfcontained, we will
-explain words here.
-
 @node Typography
 @section Typography