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dequelabs · Nov 12, 2024 · effb955 · effb955
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diff --git a/lib/checks/tables/td-headers-attr.json b/lib/checks/tables/td-headers-attr.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "incomplete": "The headers attribute is empty",
       "fail": {
         "cell-header-not-in-table": "The headers attribute is not exclusively used to refer to other header cells in the table",
-        "cell-header-not-th": "The header attribute refers a data cell, this must be a header cell so that all screen readers announce it",
+        "cell-header-not-th": "The headers attribute must refer to header cells, not data cells",
         "header-refs-self": "The element with headers attribute refers to itself"
       }
     }

diff --git a/lib/rules/td-headers-attr.json b/lib/rules/td-headers-attr.json
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
   ],
   "actIds": ["a25f45"],
   "metadata": {
-    "description": "Ensure that each cell in a table that uses the headers attribute refers only to other cells in that table",
-    "help": "Table cells that use the headers attribute must only refer to cells in the same table"
+    "description": "Ensure that each cell in a table using the headers attribute refers only to header cells within that table",
+    "help": "Table cells using the headers attribute must refer only to header cells or data cells with the role=columnheader/rowheader within the same table."
   },
   "all": ["td-headers-attr"],
   "any": [],