diff --git a/Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt b/Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt
index 196065533251586c1ddb374d6575b3ec68ad6900..4a355ca9521f9bf0eed41d7c947633a3edf8760b 100644
--- a/Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt
+++ b/Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt
@@ -230,9 +230,13 @@ in London, England (with a layover in New York City) has a maximum
 per diem of the M&IE per diem listed London for the entire trip,
 including days of travel. 
 
-Conservancy encourages Travelers to be conservative with their per
+These per diem rates are the maximum daily rate Travelers can claim.  If a
+conference has provided food, or food is provided in some other form, or
+the costs the Traveler incurs are lower than this rate, then the Traveler
+should reasonably reduce their per diem claim.
+In addition, Conservancy generally encourages Travelers to be conservative with per
 diem submissions, and consider asking for less if the full per diem
-amounts were not used during travel.
+amounts allowed were not used during travel.
 
 PLCs and/or Conservancy have the authority to set lower per diems
 than those generated by the calculators above.  In those instances,