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diff --git a/man7/string_copying.7 b/man7/string_copying.7 index 067a1156c..02e379a7d 100644 --- a/man7/string_copying.7 +++ b/man7/string_copying.7 @@ -287,7 +287,9 @@ To copy a known-length character sequence into a string, use .IR "\%stpcpy(mempcpy(dst,\ src,\ len),\ \[dq]\[dq])" . .P A string is also accepted as input, -because these functions ask for the length, +because +.BR mempcpy (3) +asks for the length, and a string is composed of a character sequence of the same length plus a terminating null character. .\" ----- DESCRIPTION :: String vs character sequence -----------------/ |