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diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst index 9b16a8b..3964d02 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst @@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ message with one of the parts, you can decrypt it with the other part, and A certificate contains information about two principals. It contains the name of a *subject*, and the subject's public key. It also contains a statement by a -second principal, the *issuer*, that the subject is who he claims to be, and +second principal, the *issuer*, that the subject is who they claim to be, and that this is indeed the subject's public key. The issuer's statement is signed with the issuer's private key, which only the issuer knows. However, anyone can verify the issuer's statement by finding the issuer's public key, decrypting the |