@cindex string creation
The following functions create strings, either from scratch, or by
-putting strings together, or by taking them apart.
+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
+@ref{Search and Replace}.)
@defun make-string count character &optional multibyte
This function returns a string made up of @var{count} repetitions of