diff --git a/rpcperms/interceptor.go b/rpcperms/interceptor.go
index 861d94b51..c5ebc24bb 100644
--- a/rpcperms/interceptor.go
+++ b/rpcperms/interceptor.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ var (
 //      | Macaroon Interceptor             |
 //      +----------------------------------+--------> +---------------------+
 //      | RPC Macaroon Middleware Handler  |<-------- | External Middleware |
-//      +----------------------------------+          |   - approve request |
+//      +----------------------------------+          |   - modify request |
 //      | Prometheus Interceptor           |          +---------------------+
 //      +-+--------------------------------+
 //        | validated gRPC request from client
@@ -808,15 +808,11 @@ func (r *InterceptorChain) middlewareUnaryServerInterceptor() grpc.UnaryServerIn
 			return handler(ctx, req)
 		}
 
-		msg, err := NewMessageInterceptionRequest(
-			ctx, TypeRequest, false, info.FullMethod, req,
-		)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
 		requestID := atomic.AddUint64(&r.lastRequestID, 1)
-		err = r.acceptRequest(requestID, msg)
+		req, err := r.interceptMessage(
+			ctx, TypeRequest, requestID, false, info.FullMethod,
+			req,
+		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -826,8 +822,9 @@ func (r *InterceptorChain) middlewareUnaryServerInterceptor() grpc.UnaryServerIn
 			return resp, respErr
 		}
 
-		return r.interceptResponse(
-			ctx, requestID, false, info.FullMethod, resp,
+		return r.interceptMessage(
+			ctx, TypeResponse, requestID, false, info.FullMethod,
+			resp,
 		)
 	}
 }
@@ -874,7 +871,7 @@ func (r *InterceptorChain) middlewareStreamServerInterceptor() grpc.StreamServer
 		}
 
 		requestID := atomic.AddUint64(&r.lastRequestID, 1)
-		err = r.acceptRequest(requestID, msg)
+		err = r.acceptStream(requestID, msg)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -926,11 +923,11 @@ func (r *InterceptorChain) middlewareRegistered() bool {
 	return len(r.registeredMiddleware) > 0
 }
 
-// acceptRequest sends an intercept request to all middlewares that have
+// acceptStream sends an intercept request to all middlewares that have
 // registered for it. This means either a middleware has requested read-only
 // access or the request actually has a macaroon with a caveat the middleware
 // registered for.
-func (r *InterceptorChain) acceptRequest(requestID uint64,
+func (r *InterceptorChain) acceptStream(requestID uint64,
 	msg *InterceptionRequest) error {
 
 	r.RLock()
@@ -967,13 +964,13 @@ func (r *InterceptorChain) acceptRequest(requestID uint64,
 	return nil
 }
 
-// interceptResponse sends out an intercept request for an RPC response. Since
+// interceptMessage sends out an intercept request for an RPC response. Since
 // middleware that hasn't registered for the read-only mode has the option to
-// overwrite/replace the response, this needs to be handled differently than the
-// request/auth path above.
-func (r *InterceptorChain) interceptResponse(ctx context.Context,
-	requestID uint64, isStream bool, fullMethod string,
-	m interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+// overwrite/replace the message, this needs to be handled differently than the
+// auth path above.
+func (r *InterceptorChain) interceptMessage(ctx context.Context,
+	interceptType InterceptType, requestID uint64, isStream bool,
+	fullMethod string, m interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 
 	r.RLock()
 	defer r.RUnlock()
@@ -981,7 +978,8 @@ func (r *InterceptorChain) interceptResponse(ctx context.Context,
 	currentMessage := m
 	for _, middleware := range r.registeredMiddleware {
 		msg, err := NewMessageInterceptionRequest(
-			ctx, TypeResponse, isStream, fullMethod, currentMessage,
+			ctx, interceptType, isStream, fullMethod,
+			currentMessage,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -1039,8 +1037,9 @@ type serverStreamWrapper struct {
 // SendMsg is called when lnd sends a message to the client. This is wrapped to
 // intercept streaming RPC responses.
 func (w *serverStreamWrapper) SendMsg(m interface{}) error {
-	newMsg, err := w.interceptor.interceptResponse(
-		w.ServerStream.Context(), w.requestID, true, w.fullMethod, m,
+	newMsg, err := w.interceptor.interceptMessage(
+		w.ServerStream.Context(), TypeResponse, w.requestID, true,
+		w.fullMethod, m,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1057,13 +1056,13 @@ func (w *serverStreamWrapper) RecvMsg(m interface{}) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	msg, err := NewMessageInterceptionRequest(
-		w.ServerStream.Context(), TypeRequest, true, w.fullMethod,
-		m,
+	req, err := w.interceptor.interceptMessage(
+		w.ServerStream.Context(), TypeRequest, w.requestID, true,
+		w.fullMethod, m,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return w.interceptor.acceptRequest(w.requestID, msg)
+	return replaceProtoMsg(m, req)
 }
diff --git a/rpcperms/middleware_handler.go b/rpcperms/middleware_handler.go
index 0a890d2c3..7ccad0b58 100644
--- a/rpcperms/middleware_handler.go
+++ b/rpcperms/middleware_handler.go
@@ -263,11 +263,9 @@ func (h *MiddlewareHandler) sendInterceptRequests(errChan chan error,
 					break
 				}
 
-				// For intercepted responses we also allow the
+				// For intercepted messages we also allow the
 				// content itself to be overwritten.
-				if requestInfo.request.Type == TypeResponse &&
-					t.ReplaceResponse {
-
+				if t.ReplaceResponse {
 					response.replace = true
 					protoMsg, err := parseProto(
 						requestInfo.request.ProtoTypeName,
@@ -322,7 +320,8 @@ const (
 	// TypeRequest is the type of intercept message that is sent when an RPC
 	// request message is sent to lnd. For client-streaming RPCs a new
 	// message of this type is sent for each individual RPC request sent to
-	// the stream.
+	// the stream. Middleware has the option to modify a request message
+	// before it is delivered to lnd.
 	TypeRequest InterceptType = 2
 
 	// TypeResponse is the type of intercept message that is sent when an