Change the message verifier argument to verifier_name

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG.md b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
index 8fbac31c0a..084b87bf35 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 
     This verifier can be used to generate and verify signed messages in the application.
 
-        message = Rails.application.message_verifier('salt').generate('my sensible data')
-        Rails.application.message_verifier('salt').verify(message)
+        message = Rails.application.message_verifier('sensitive_data').generate('my sensible data')
+        Rails.application.message_verifier('sensitive_data').verify(message)
         # => 'my sensible data'
 
     It is recommended not to use the same verifier for different things, so you can get different
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index 06acb4c877..795321bc20 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -170,18 +170,18 @@ module Rails
     #
     # ==== Parameters
     #
-    # * +salt+ - the salt that will be used to generate the secret key of the verifier.
+    # * +verifier_name+ - the name of the message verifier.
     #
     # ==== Examples
     #
-    #     message = Rails.application.message_verifier('salt').generate('my sensible data')
-    #     Rails.application.message_verifier('salt').verify(message)
+    #     message = Rails.application.message_verifier('sensitive_data').generate('my sensible data')
+    #     Rails.application.message_verifier('sensitive_data').verify(message)
     #     # => 'my sensible data'
     #
     # See the +ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier+ documentation for more information.
-    def message_verifier(salt)
-      @message_verifiers[salt] ||= begin
-        secret = key_generator.generate_key(salt)
+    def message_verifier(verifier_name)
+      @message_verifiers[verifier_name] ||= begin
+        secret = key_generator.generate_key(verifier_name)
         ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new(secret)
       end
     end