diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/strings.md b/src/doc/trpl/strings.md
index 7d5c43ea14c03..aa1944a099335 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/strings.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/strings.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ You can get something similar to an index like this:
 let dog = hachiko.chars().nth(1); // kinda like hachiko[1]
 ```
 
-This emphasizes that we have to go through the whole list of `chars`.
+This emphasizes that we have to walk from the beginning of the list of `chars`.
 
 ## Slicing