diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f49210d3034..dbbf6e7bad3 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     SmileyChris <smileychris@gmail.com>
     sopel
     Thomas Steinacher <tom@eggdrop.ch>
+    nowell strite
     Radek Švarz <http://www.svarz.cz/translate/>
     Swaroop C H <http://www.swaroopch.info>
     Aaron Swartz <http://www.aaronsw.com/>
diff --git a/django/http/__init__.py b/django/http/__init__.py
index bb0e973aae4..48f10329fd0 100644
--- a/django/http/__init__.py
+++ b/django/http/__init__.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class HttpResponse(object):
         if path is not None:
             self.cookies[key]['path'] = path
         if domain is not None:
-            self.cookies[key]['domain'] = path
+            self.cookies[key]['domain'] = domain
         self.cookies[key]['expires'] = 0
         self.cookies[key]['max-age'] = 0