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 [read_line]: ../std/io/struct.Stdin.html#method.read_line
 
 The job of `read_line` is to take whatever the user types into standard input
-and place that into a string, so it takes that string as an argument. The
-string argument needs to be mutable so the method can change the string’s
-content by adding the user input.
+and append that into a string (without overwriting its contents), so it takes
+that string as an argument. The string argument needs to be mutable so the
+method can change the string’s content by adding the user input.
 
 The `&` indicates that this argument is a *reference*, which gives you a way to
 let multiple parts of your code access one piece of data without needing to