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@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ on the servers they manage (and only those). It also tries to define a
 security policy for access tokens, as well as admission and revocation
 policies.
 
+## Scope
+
+This policy complements the [Tor Core Membership policy][] but
+concerns only membership to the TPA team and access to servers.
+
+[Tor Core Membership policy]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/community/policies.git/plain/membership.txt
+
 ## Access levels
 
 Members of TPA SHOULD have all access levels defined above.