Address review suggestions and comments.

Co-authored-by: Erik Tollerud <erik.tollerud@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: C. E. Brasseur <cb432@st-andrews.ac.uk>

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ For general information on the contribution process, see the [Astropy core packa
 
 # Affiliated Packages
 
+To propose inclusion of a package as an affiliated package, we work with pyOpenSci to support
+the review process, which when complete will lead to your package being listed here.
 The details of the review process are outlined at http://affiliated.astropy.org.
 
 # Modifying Roles in the Team section

about.html

@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ <h1 id="affiliated-packages">Affiliated Packages<a class="paralink" href="#affil
     (although this is not required). Until then, however, it is a separate
     package, and may not be in the <i>astropy</i> namespace.</p>
 
-    <p>The process and listing of current affiliated packages is available at
-    <a href="http://affiliated.astropy.org">http://affiliated.astropy.org</a>.</p>
+    <p>The authoritative listing of current affiliated packages is available at
+    <a href="http://affiliated.astropy.org">http://affiliated.astropy.org</a>.
+    That page also describes the process to get a package listed as an affiliated package.</p>
     </section>
 
 	<section>

affiliated/index.html

@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ <h1 id="infrastructure-packages">Astropy Infrastructure Packages<a class="parali
 	<h1 id="installing-affiliated-packages">Installing Affiliated and Coordinated Packages<a class="paralink" href="#installing-affiliated-packages" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
 
 	<p>All packages should be available on PyPI. Some are available via conda, particularly
-	through the conda-forge channel. Always consult the individual package installation
-  instructions first before installing it. The Astropy Project is not responsible
-  for broken installation for the packages that it does not directly maintain.</p>
+	through the conda-forge channel. That said, affiliated packages are developed 
+	independently of the Astropy core library. You should refer to the package's
+	documentation first if you encounter problems.</p>
 
 	</section>
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ <h1 id="coordinated-package-list">Coordinated Packages<a class="paralink" href="
 	<section id="affiliated-package-registry">
 	  <h1 id="affiliated-package-list">Affiliated Packages Registry<a class="paralink" href="#affiliated-package-list" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
 	  <p>The following table lists all currently registered affiliated packages.</p>
-    <p>NOTE: The listing is current empty because Astropy has just accepted
+    <p>NOTE: The listing is currently empty because Astropy has just accepted
     <a href="https://github.com/astropy/astropy-APEs/blob/main/APE22.rst">APE 22</a>
     in January 2024. We are in the midst of transitioning to the new process in
     partnership with pyOpenSci, so we really appreciate your patience.
@@ -184,10 +184,11 @@ <h1 id="affiliated-package-list">Affiliated Packages Registry<a class="paralink"
 
 	<h1 id="becoming-an-affiliated-package">Becoming an Affiliated Package<a class="paralink" href="#becoming-an-affiliated-package" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
 
-  <p>Astropy <a href="https://www.pyopensci.org/partners.html">leverages the pyOpenSci peer review process</a>
+  <p>Astropy <a href="https://www.pyopensci.org/partners.html">uses the pyOpenSci peer review process</a>
   to vet affiliated packages. If you are a developer of an astronomy package and would like your package to become
-  affiliated with the Astropy Project, you can submit your package directly to pyOpenSci and be accepted by pyOpenSci
-  and become affiliated with astropy through a single review process. You can also opt to be fast tracked through
+  affiliated with the Astropy Project, you submit your package directly to pyOpenSci.  
+  Astropy will be involved in the review, which will allow your package to become an
+  affiliated package through that review process. You can also opt to be fast tracked through
   <a href="https://joss.theoj.org/">JOSS</a> if desired. Read the pyOpenSci author guide to learn
   <a href="https://www.pyopensci.org/software-peer-review/how-to/author-guide.html">
   how to get started with submitting a package to pyOpenSci through their affiliated partner program Guidebook</a>.