documentation tweaks

mojolicious · Jun 18, 2012 · 72c23a2 · 72c23a2
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diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Controller.pm b/lib/Mojolicious/Controller.pm
@@ -889,8 +889,9 @@ timeout, which usually defaults to C<15> seconds.
   $c          = $c->session({foo => 'bar'});
   $c          = $c->session(foo => 'bar');
 
-Persistent data storage, stored serialized with L<Mojo::JSON> in a signed
-cookie. Note that cookies are generally limited to 4096 bytes of data.
+Persistent data storage, all session data gets serialized with L<Mojo::JSON>
+and stored in C<HMAC-SHA1> signed cookies, which usually have a 4096 byte
+limit, depending on browser.
 
   # Manipulate session
   $c->session->{foo} = 'bar';
@@ -908,7 +909,8 @@ cookie. Note that cookies are generally limited to 4096 bytes of data.
   $c         = $c->signed_cookie(foo => 'bar', {path => '/'});
 
 Access signed request cookie values and create new signed response cookies.
-Cookies failing signature verification will be automatically discarded.
+Cookies failing C<HMAC-SHA1> signature verification will be automatically
+discarded.
 
 =head2 C<stash>
 

diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Guides/Growing.pod b/lib/Mojolicious/Guides/Growing.pod
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ method L<Mojolicious::Controller/"flash">.
   $self->flash(message => 'Everything is fine.');
   $self->redirect_to('goodbye');
 
-Just remember that everything is stored serialized with L<Mojo::JSON> in
-C<HMAC-SHA1> signed cookies, so there is usually a 4096 byte limit, depending
-on the browser.
+Just remember that all session data gets serialized with L<Mojo::JSON> and
+stored in C<HMAC-SHA1> signed cookies, which usually have a 4096 byte limit,
+depending on browser.
 
 =head2 Final prototype