diff --git a/man3/string.3 b/man3/string.3
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--- a/man3/string.3
+++ b/man3/string.3
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ to the current locale and copies the first
 characters to
 .IR dest .
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The string functions perform string operations on null-terminated
+The string functions perform operations on null-terminated
 strings.
 See the individual man pages for descriptions of each function.
 .SH SEE ALSO