--- a/scripts/strings/strrep.m
+++ b/scripts/strings/strrep.m
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} strrep (@var{s}, @var{x}, @var{y})
-## Replaces all occurrences of the substring @var{x} of the string @var{s}
-## with the string @var{y} and returns the result.  For example,
+## Replace all occurrences of the substring @var{x} of the string @var{s}
+## with the string @var{y} and return the result.  For example,
 ##
 ## @example
 ## strrep ("This is a test string", "is", "&%$")