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@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Set-Cookie: id=a3fWa; Expires=Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:28:00 GMT; Secure; HttpOnly
 
 - A cookie with the `Secure` attribute is only sent to the server with an encrypted request over the HTTPS protocol. It's never sent with unsecured HTTP (except on localhost), which means {{Glossary("MitM", "man-in-the-middle")}} attackers can't access it easily. Insecure sites (with `http:` in the URL) can't set cookies with the `Secure` attribute. However, don't assume that `Secure` prevents all access to sensitive information in cookies. For example, someone with access to the client's hard disk (or JavaScript if the `HttpOnly` attribute isn't set) can read and modify the information.
 
-- A cookie with the `HttpOnly` attribute can't be modified by JavaScript, for example using {{domxref("Document.cookie")}}; it can only be modified when it reaches the server. Cookies that persist user sessions for example should have the `HttpOnly` attribute set — it would be really insecure to make them available to JavaScript. This precaution helps mitigate cross-site scripting ([XSS](/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Types_of_attacks#cross-site_scripting_xss)) attacks.
+- A cookie with the `HttpOnly` attribute can't be accessed by JavaScript, for example using {{domxref("Document.cookie")}}; it can only be accessed when it reaches the server. Cookies that persist user sessions for example should have the `HttpOnly` attribute set — it would be really insecure to make them available to JavaScript. This precaution helps mitigate cross-site scripting ([XSS](/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Types_of_attacks#cross-site_scripting_xss)) attacks.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > Depending on the application, you may want to use an opaque identifier that the server looks up rather than storing sensitive information directly in cookies, or investigate alternative authentication/confidentiality mechanisms such as [JSON Web Tokens](https://jwt.io/).