[ci skip] Clarify get_cookie(), CI_Input::cookie() docs

Close #3527
Close #3528

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/cookie_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/cookie_helper.rst
index 22fd0f77f..4a3298fb9 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/cookie_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/cookie_helper.rst
@@ -37,12 +37,11 @@ The following functions are available:
 	:param	bool	$httponly: Whether to hide the cookie from JavaScript
 	:rtype:	void
 
-	This helper function gives you view file friendly syntax to set browser
-	cookies. Refer to the :doc:`Input Library <../libraries/input>` for a
-	description of its use, as this function is an alias for
+	This helper function gives you friendlier syntax to set browser
+	cookies. Refer to the :doc:`Input Library <../libraries/input>` for
+	a description of its use, as this function is an alias for
 	``CI_Input::set_cookie()``.
 
-
 .. function:: get_cookie($index[, $xss_clean = NULL]])
 
 	:param	string	$index: Cookie name
@@ -50,10 +49,12 @@ The following functions are available:
 	:returns:	The cookie value or NULL if not found
 	:rtype:	mixed
 
-	This helper function gives you view file friendly syntax to get browser
-	cookies. Refer to the :doc:`Input Library <../libraries/input>` for a
-	description of its use, as this function is an alias for ``CI_Input::cookie()``.
-
+	This helper function gives you friendlier syntax to get browser
+	cookies. Refer to the :doc:`Input Library <../libraries/input>` for
+	detailed description of its use, as this function acts very
+	similarly to ``CI_Input::cookie()``, except it will also prepend
+	the ``$config['cookie_prefix']`` that you might've set in your
+	*application/config/config.php* file.
 
 .. function:: delete_cookie($name[, $domain = ''[, $path = '/'[, $prefix = '']]]])
 
@@ -75,4 +76,4 @@ The following functions are available:
 	parameters.
 	::
 
-		delete_cookie($name, $domain, $path, $prefix)
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+		delete_cookie($name, $domain, $path, $prefix);