--- a/scripts/strings/strcmp.m
+++ b/scripts/strings/strcmp.m
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} strcmp (@var{s1}, @var{s2})
-## Compares two strings, returning true if they are the same, and false
-## otherwise.
+## Compares two character strings, returning true if they are the same,
+## and false otherwise.
 ##
 ## @strong{Caution:}  For compatibility with @sc{Matlab}, Octave's strcmp
-## function returns true if the strings are equal, and false otherwise.
-## This is just the opposite of the corresponding C library function.
+## function returns true if the character strings are equal, and false
+## otherwise.  This is just the opposite of the corresponding C library
+## function.
 ## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: jwe