diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 56117c0b..57b99687 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ A: When it comes to checking there are three types of URLs:
 
 
 Q: Are Cookies insecure?
-A: Yes. Cookies can store your IP. After storing, the cookies are sent out
-   to the server on request. So if you use the -C, --cookies option you
-   should know what you are doing!
-   But Cookies are only stored in memory. After LinkChecker finishes, they
-   are deleted and will be lost.
+A: Cookies can not store more information as is in the HTTP request itself,
+   so you are not giving away any more system information.
+   After storing however, the cookies are sent out to the server on request.
+   Not to every server, but only to the one who the cookie originated from!
+   This could be used to "track" subsequent requests to this server.
+   Cookies are only stored in memory. After LinkChecker finishes, they
+   are lost. So the tracking is restricted to the checking time.
diff --git a/linkchecker b/linkchecker
index 97056612..daf38653 100755
--- a/linkchecker
+++ b/linkchecker
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ For single-letter option arguments the space is not a necessity. So
 -a, --anchors
         Check HTTP anchor references. Default is don't check anchors.
 -C, --cookies
-        Accept and send HTTP cookies according to RFC 2109. See the
-        FAQ for security-related questions about cookies.
-        Sent or accepted cookies are provided as additional logging
+        Accept and send HTTP cookies according to RFC 2109. Only cookies
+        which are sent back to the originating server are accepted.
+        Sent and accepted cookies are provided as additional logging
         information.
 -d, --denyallow
         Swap checking order to extern/intern. Default checking order
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b70aa41e..b555ffcf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ o restriction of link checking with regular expression filters for URLs
 o proxy support
 o username/password authorization for HTTP and FTP
 o robots.txt exclusion protocol support
+o Cookie support
 o i18n support
 o a command line interface
 o a (Fast)CGI web interface (requires HTTP server)