diff --git a/community/tools/mailinglists.md b/community/tools/mailinglists.md
index d3d5d23a50..0565d683d0 100644
--- a/community/tools/mailinglists.md
+++ b/community/tools/mailinglists.md
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 Together with [matrix](/community/tools/matrix) our mailing lists are central
 to our collaboration. Currently there is this set of mailing lists:
 
-- [SCS Community Announcements](https://scs.sovereignit.de/mailman3/postorius/lists/announce.lists.scs.community/) - This list is intended for announcements only. It is moderated. Everyone can subscribe to this list and if you want to stay in touch with SCS, you should subscribe to this list.
+- [SCS Community Announcements](https://scs.sovereignit.de/mailman3/postorius/lists/announce.lists.scs.community/) - This list is intended for announcements only. It is moderated. Everyone can subscribe to this list and if you want to stay in touch with SCS, you should subscribe to this list. You will be autosubscribed if you become a member of the SCS community (see below), but it's not a requirement to be a member.
 
-- [SCS Tech Community List](https://scs.sovereignit.de/mailman3/postorius/lists/scs-tech.lists.scs.community/) - The overall list for anything related to technical discussions. Everyone can subscribe to this list. Furthermore all members of the SCS Community are automatically subscribed to this list.
+- [SCS Tech Community List](https://scs.sovereignit.de/mailman3/postorius/lists/scs-tech.lists.scs.community/) - The overall list for anything related to technical discussions. Everyone can subscribe to this list. Furthermore all members of the Technology Group of the SCS Community are automatically subscribed to this list. You can subscribe also when not being a member.
 
-- SCS Members - Members of the SCS Community are automatically subscribed to this list. Announcements and discussions regarding the SCS Community are welcome here.
+- SCS Members - Members of the SCS Community are automatically subscribed to this list. Announcements and discussions regarding the SCS Community are welcome here. This list is members only.
+
+## SCS community Membership
+
+Membership means that you are onboarded to the Identity Management system of our [Nextcloud](nextcloud.md).
diff --git a/community/tools/nextcloud.md b/community/tools/nextcloud.md
index 8e23dab980..878a82e23f 100644
--- a/community/tools/nextcloud.md
+++ b/community/tools/nextcloud.md
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ opening issues against the issues repository), submitting pull requests, ...
 If you want to contribute on a regular basis, we are happy to also onboard you
 to the nextcloud and do an onboarding call. Nextcloud onboarding also adds you
 to the `scs-member@lists.scs.community` mailing list which also add you to the
-announcement list (described in the next paragraph).
+announcement list (described on the [Mailing Lists](mailinglists.md) page).