diff --git a/app/views/stories/new.html.erb b/app/views/stories/new.html.erb
index b8f3e8b..6c66ca4 100644
--- a/app/views/stories/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/stories/new.html.erb
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
           <a href="#" id="story_guidelines_toggler">
             Story submission guidelines
           </a>
-          <div id="story_guidelines" style="display: none;">
+          <div id="story_guidelines" style="<%= @user &&
+          @user.stories_submitted_count > 2 ? "display: none;" : "" %>">
             <div style="float: right;">
             <a href="javascript:window.location=%22http://lobste.rs/stories/new?url=%22+encodeURIComponent(document.location)+%22&title=%22+encodeURIComponent(document.title)"
             style="border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 0.5em; background-color:
@@ -46,14 +47,15 @@
               </p></li>
 
             <li><p>
-              If no tags clearly apply to what you are submitting, chances are
-              it does not belong here.  Do not overreach with tags if they are
-              not the primary focus of the story.
+              If no tags clearly apply to the story you are submitting, chances
+              are it does not belong here.  Do not overreach with tags if they
+              are not the primary focus of the story.
               </p></li>
             
             <li><p>
-              When the URL being submitted is more than a year or so old,
-              please add the year to the post title in parentheses.
+              When the story being submitted is more than a year or so old,
+              please add the year the story was written to the post title in
+              parentheses.
               </p></li>
 
             <li><p>