diff --git a/glossary.asciidoc b/glossary.asciidoc
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--- a/glossary.asciidoc
+++ b/glossary.asciidoc
@@ -182,10 +182,9 @@ ephemeral key::
     Even if an ephemeral key leaks, only information about a single payment becomes public.
 
 fees::
-    The sender of a transaction often includes a fee to the network for processing the requested transaction.
-    Not to be confused with a routing fee for payments on the Lightning Network.
-    Nodes on the Lightning Network are allowed to take a routing fee for forwarding payments.
-    The routing fee is the sum of a fixed _base_fee_ and a _fee_rate_ which depends on the payment amount.
+    In the context of Bitcoin, the sender of a transaction includes a fee paid to miners for including the transaction in a block. 
+    In the context of the Lightning Network, nodes will charge routing fees for forwarding other users' payments.
+    Individual nodes can set their own fee policies which will be calculated as the sum of a fixed _base_fee_ and a _fee_rate_ which depends on the payment amount.
 
 funding transaction::
     The funding transaction is used to open a payment channel.