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@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ character (i.e., an integer), @code{nil} otherwise.
 @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