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--- a/spec/tor-spec/creating-circuits.md
+++ b/spec/tor-spec/creating-circuits.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ these steps:
When an onion router receives an EXTEND relay message, it sends a CREATE
cell to the next onion router, with the enclosed onion skin as its
-payload.
+body.
When an onion router receives an EXTEND2 relay message, it sends a CREATE2
cell to the next onion router, with the enclosed HLEN, HTYPE, and HDATA
-as its payload. The initiating onion router chooses some circID not yet
+as its body. The initiating onion router chooses some circID not yet
used on the connection between the two onion routers. (But see section
["Choosing circuit IDs in create cells"](./create-created-cells.md#choosing-circid))
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ circuit on the given connection with the given circID, it drops the
cell. Otherwise, after receiving the CREATE/CREATE2 cell, it completes
the specified handshake, and replies with a CREATED/CREATED2 cell.
-Upon receiving a CREATED/CREATED2 cell, an onion router packs it payload
+Upon receiving a CREATED/CREATED2 cell, an onion router packs its body
into an [EXTENDED/EXTENDED2](./create-created-cells.md#EXTEND) relay message, and sends
that message up the circuit. Upon receiving the EXTENDED/EXTENDED2 relay
message, the OP can retrieve the handshake material.