diff --git a/doc/string/b.rdoc b/doc/string/b.rdoc
index f8ad2910b4..8abd6d9532 100644
--- a/doc/string/b.rdoc
+++ b/doc/string/b.rdoc
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ the underlying bytes are not modified:
   t = s.b      # => "\xE4\x82\x95"
   t.encoding   # => #<Encoding:ASCII-8BIT>
   t.bytes      # => [228, 130, 149]
+
+Related: see {Converting to New String}[rdoc-ref:String@Converting+to+New+String].
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 08d98aa042..9d6a917ee8 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -11839,7 +11839,7 @@ rb_str_force_encoding(VALUE str, VALUE enc)
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *    b -> string
+ *    b -> new_string
  *
  *  :include: doc/string/b.rdoc
  *