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@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ must be escaped with ``\40``.
 **example**
 
 If Louise wants to talk to Pierre which is on the ``example.net`` AP server, she can use
-her XMPP AP gateway which is at ``ap.example.org``. Pierre AP's actor identifier is
+her XMPP AP gateway which is at ``ap.example.org``. Pierre AP's actor handle is
 ``pierre@example.net``, Louise can access it via the JID
 ``pierre\40example.net@ap.example.org`` (we call it *virtual JID* of the AP actor).