@cindex string creation
The following functions create strings, either from scratch, or by
-putting strings together, or by taking them apart. (For functions that
-create strings based on searching the contents of other strings (like
-@code{string-replace} and @code{replace-regexp-in-string}), see
+putting strings together, or by taking them apart. (For functions
+that create strings based on the modified contents of other strings,
+like @code{string-replace} and @code{replace-regexp-in-string}, see
@ref{Search and Replace}.)
@defun make-string count character &optional multibyte