diff --git a/docs/reference/sql/functions/string.asciidoc b/docs/reference/sql/functions/string.asciidoc
index b577475c292a8..d3a4bd57feb71 100644
--- a/docs/reference/sql/functions/string.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/sql/functions/string.asciidoc
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ CHAR(code) <1>
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 *Input*:
 
-<1> integer expression. If `null` or negative, the function returns `null`.
+<1> integer expression between `0` and `255`. If `null`, negative, or greater
+than `255`, the function returns `null`.
 
 *Output*: string
 
-*Description*: Returns the character that has the ASCII code value specified by the numeric input. The value should be between 0 and 255; otherwise, the return value is data source–dependent.
+*Description*: Returns the character that has the ASCII code value specified by the numeric input.
 
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@@ -102,12 +103,12 @@ CONCAT(
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 *Input*:
 
-<1> string expression
-<2> string expression
+<1> string expression. Treats `null` as an empty string.
+<2> string expression. Treats `null` as an empty string.
 
 *Output*: string
 
-*Description*: Returns a character string that is the result of concatenating `string_exp1` to `string_exp2`. `null` input strings are treated as empty strings.
+*Description*: Returns a character string that is the result of concatenating `string_exp1` to `string_exp2`.
 
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@@ -223,13 +224,17 @@ LOCATE(
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 *Input*:
 
-<1> string expression
-<2> string expression
-<3> integer expression; optional
+<1> string expression.  If `null`, the function returns `null`.
+<2> string expression.  If `null`, the function returns `null`.
+<3> integer expression; optional. If `null`, `0`, `1`, negative, or not
+specified, the search starts at the first character position.
 
 *Output*: integer
 
-*Description*: Returns the starting position of the first occurrence of `pattern` within `source`. The optional `start` specifies the character position to start the search with. The first character position in `source` is indicated by the value 1. Not specifying `start` or specifying it as `null`, any negative value, 0 or 1, starts the search at the first character position. If `pattern` is not found within `source`, the value 0 is returned.
+*Description*: Returns the starting position of the first occurrence of
+`pattern` within `source`. The optional `start` specifies the character position
+to start the search with. If the `pattern` is not found within `source`, the
+function returns `0`.
 
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@@ -441,8 +446,8 @@ STARTS_WITH(
 
 *Output*: boolean value
 
-*Description*: Returns `true` if the source expression starts with the specified pattern, `false` otherwise. The matching is case sensitive.
-If either parameters is `null`, the function returns `null`.
+*Description*: Returns `true` if the source expression starts with the specified
+pattern, `false` otherwise. The matching is case sensitive.
 
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