diff --git a/policy/tpa-rfc-7-root.md b/policy/tpa-rfc-7-root.md
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@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ 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.
 
+In general, the spirit of the proposal is to bring more flexibility
+with what changes we allow on servers to the TPA team. We want to help
+teams host their servers with us but that also comes with the
+understanding that we need the capacity (in terms of staff and
+hardware resources) to do so as well.
+
 ## Scope
 
 This policy complements the [Tor Core Membership policy][] but