diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6a369b7e..2a65cbd6 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ Specifications are proposed for a given release by adding them to the
 status of a blueprint for a given release can be found by looking at the
 blueprint in launchpad.  Not all approved blueprints will get fully implemented.
 
-Specifications have to be re-proposed for every release.  The review may be
-quick, but even if something was previously approved, it should be re-reviewed
-to make sure it still makes sense as written.
+**Previously approved specifications must be re-proposed for a new release.**
+The review will most likely be quick, but we need to make sure that everyone
+still understands the spec as written, and that it still fits in with the
+project's plans.
 
 Prior to the Juno development cycle, this repository was not used for spec
 reviews.  Reviews prior to Juno were completed entirely through Launchpad
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index 37effda1..ce19f6e7 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -135,10 +135,14 @@ Untargeted specs
 
 .. note::
 
-   The following specs are ones that have been approved but have
-   not been completed in the planned release.  Rather than leave
-   them in the originally planned release or remove them, they
-   should be made untargeted for future reference.
+   The following specs have been approved but have not been completed
+   in the originally planned release.  Rather than remove them, they
+   have been made 'untargeted' for future reference.  If you would like
+   to work on one of these specs, please re-propose it for the appropriate
+   release.  The review will most likely be quick, but we need to make sure
+   that everyone still understands the spec as written, and that it still
+   fits in with the Cinder project's plans.
+
 
 .. toctree::
    :glob: