diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index 0352e98762d..621a3fd244f 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -123,22 +123,22 @@ public inline fun String.toCharArray(destination: CharArray, destinationOffset:
 public inline fun String.format(vararg args: Any?): String = java.lang.String.format(this, *args)
 
 /**
- * Uses this string as a format string and returns a string obtained by substituting the specified arguments,
+ * Uses the provided [format] as a format string and returns a string obtained by substituting the specified arguments,
  * using the default locale.
  */
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 public inline fun String.Companion.format(format: String, vararg args: Any?): String = java.lang.String.format(format, *args)
 
 /**
- * Uses this string as a format string and returns a string obtained by substituting the specified arguments, using
- * the specified locale.
+ * Uses this string as a format string and returns a string obtained by substituting the specified arguments,
+ * using the specified locale.
  */
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 public inline fun String.format(locale: Locale, vararg args : Any?) : String = java.lang.String.format(locale, this, *args)
 
 /**
- * Uses this string as a format string and returns a string obtained by substituting the specified arguments,
- * using the default locale.
+ * Uses the provided [format] as a format string and returns a string obtained by substituting the specified arguments,
+ * using the specified locale.
  */
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 public inline fun String.Companion.format(locale: Locale, format: String, vararg args: Any?): String = java.lang.String.format(locale, format, *args)