diff --git a/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/command_line.clj b/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/command_line.clj
index 02995ddd..b93e251b 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/command_line.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/command_line.clj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
        :doc "Process command-line arguments according to a given cmdspec"}
     clojure.contrib.command-line
     (:require (clojure.contrib [seq :as su]))
-    (:use     (clojure.contrib [string :only (str-join)])))
+    (:use     (clojure.contrib [string :only (join)])))
 
 (defn make-map [args cmdspec]
   (let [{spec true [rest-sym] false} (su/group-by vector? cmdspec)
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@
    [spec & rows]
    (let [maxes (vec (for [n (range (count (first rows)))]
                         (apply max (map (comp count #(nth % n)) rows))))
-         fmt (str-join " " 
+         fmt (join " " 
                   (for [n (range (count maxes))] 
                      (str "%" 
                         (when-not (zero? (maxes n))
                            (str (when (= (spec n) :l) "-") (maxes n))) 
                           "s")))]
-      (str-join "\n"
+      (join "\n"
          (for [row rows]
             (apply format fmt row)))))
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                                  (str (first argnames)))
                   argnames  (map (comp rmv-q str) argnames)
                   argnames
-                        (str-join ", "
+                        (join ", "
                           (for [arg argnames]
                             (if (= 1 (count arg))
                               (str "-" arg)
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/repl_utils.clj b/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/repl_utils.clj
index 2c1a5fa2..309e1bac 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/repl_utils.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/repl_utils.clj
@@ -17,21 +17,21 @@
            (clojure.lang RT Compiler Compiler$C))
   (:use [clojure.contrib.seq :only (indexed)]
         [clojure.contrib.javadoc.browse :only (browse-url)]
-        [clojure.contrib.string :only (str-join re-sub re-partition)]))
+        [clojure.contrib.string :as s :only ()]))
 
 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Examine Java classes
 
 (defn- sortable [t]
   (apply str (map (fn [[a b]] (str a (format "%04d" (Integer. b))))
-                  (partition 2 (concat (re-partition #"\d+" t) [0])))))
+                  (partition 2 (concat (s/partition #"\d+" t) [0])))))
 
 (defn- param-str [m]
-  (str " (" (str-join
+  (str " (" (s/join
               "," (map (fn [[c i]]
                          (if (> i 3)
                            (str (.getSimpleName c) "*" i)
-                           (str-join "," (replicate i (.getSimpleName c)))))
+                           (s/join "," (replicate i (.getSimpleName c)))))
                        (reduce (fn [pairs y] (let [[x i] (peek pairs)]
                                                (if (= x y)
                                                  (conj (pop pairs) [y (inc i)])
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/string.clj b/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/string.clj
index 7fa871ea..094e0441 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/string.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/clojure/contrib/string.clj
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
   before the first match, or an empty string if the beginning of the
   string matches.
 
-  For example: (partition \"abc123def\" #\"[a-z]+\")
+  For example: (partition #\"[a-z]+\" \"abc123def\")
   returns: (\"\" \"abc\" \"123\" \"def\")"
   [#^Pattern re #^String s]
   (let [m (re-matcher re s)]