diff --git a/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst b/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
index 53b3087a4b9..eb31315438f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ writing.
 .. class:: MozillaCookieJar(filename, delayload=None, policy=None)
 
    A :class:`FileCookieJar` that can load from and save cookies to disk in the
-   Mozilla ``cookies.txt`` file format (which is also used by the Lynx and Netscape
-   browsers).
+   Mozilla ``cookies.txt`` file format (which is also used by curl and the Lynx
+   and Netscape browsers).
 
    .. note::
 
diff --git a/Lib/http/cookiejar.py b/Lib/http/cookiejar.py
index c514e0d382c..65c45e2b17d 100644
--- a/Lib/http/cookiejar.py
+++ b/Lib/http/cookiejar.py
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ class MozillaCookieJar(FileCookieJar):
 
     This class differs from CookieJar only in the format it uses to save and
     load cookies to and from a file.  This class uses the Mozilla/Netscape
-    `cookies.txt' format.  lynx uses this file format, too.
+    `cookies.txt' format.  curl and lynx use this file format, too.
 
     Don't expect cookies saved while the browser is running to be noticed by
     the browser (in fact, Mozilla on unix will overwrite your saved cookies if