diff --git a/src/ch02-00-guessing-game-tutorial.md b/src/ch02-00-guessing-game-tutorial.md index 3c590a1994..791d55b6ff 100644 --- a/src/ch02-00-guessing-game-tutorial.md +++ b/src/ch02-00-guessing-game-tutorial.md @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ want to bind something to the variable now. On the right of the equal sign is the value that `guess` is bound to, which is the result of calling `String::new`, a function that returns a new instance of a `String`. [`String`][string] is a string type provided by the standard -library that is a growable, UTF-8 encoded bit of text. +library that is a heap-allocated, growable, UTF-8 encoded bit of text. The `::` syntax in the `::new` line indicates that `new` is an associated function of the `String` type. An _associated function_ is a function that’s