(String Basics): Mention string-match; clarify.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lispref/strings.texi b/lispref/strings.texi
index 30802709311..bfe0f1f7e19 100644
--- a/lispref/strings.texi
+++ b/lispref/strings.texi
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ a key sequence, you must use a vector instead of a string.
 and other modifiers for keyboard input characters.
 
   Strings are useful for holding regular expressions.  You can also
-match regular expressions against strings (@pxref{Regexp Search}).  The
-functions @code{match-string} (@pxref{Simple Match Data}) and
-@code{replace-match} (@pxref{Replacing Match}) are useful for
-decomposing and modifying strings based on regular expression matching.
+match regular expressions against strings with @code{string-match}
+(@pxref{Regexp Search}).  The functions @code{match-string}
+(@pxref{Simple Match Data}) and @code{replace-match} (@pxref{Replacing
+Match}) are useful for decomposing and modifying strings after
+matching regular expressions against them.
 
   Like a buffer, a string can contain text properties for the characters
 in it, as well as the characters themselves.  @xref{Text Properties}.