diff --git a/lib/string.js b/lib/string.js
index e4349df26..a087ce939 100644
--- a/lib/string.js
+++ b/lib/string.js
@@ -407,12 +407,11 @@
       /***
        * @method startsWith(<search>, [pos] = 0)
        * @returns Boolean
-       * @short Returns true if the string starts with <search>.
+       * @short Returns true if the string starts with <search>, which must be a string.
        * @extra Search begins at [pos], which defaults to the entire string length.
        * @example
        *
        *   'hello'.startsWith('hell')   -> true
-       *   'hello'.startsWith(/[a-h]/)  -> true
        *   'hello'.startsWith('HELL')   -> false
        *   'hello'.startsWith('ell', 1) -> true
        *
@@ -437,12 +436,11 @@
       /***
        * @method endsWith(<search>, [pos] = length)
        * @returns Boolean
-       * @short Returns true if the string ends with <search>.
+       * @short Returns true if the string ends with <search>, which must be a string.
        * @extra Search ends at [pos], which defaults to the entire string length.
        * @example
        *
        *   'jumpy'.endsWith('py')    -> true
-       *   'jumpy'.endsWith(/[q-z]/) -> true
        *   'jumpy'.endsWith('MPY')   -> false
        *   'jumpy'.endsWith('mp', 4) -> false
        *