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@@ -1791,13 +1791,13 @@ The process ID is: 420
   [Replacement string syntax](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#replacement-string-syntax).
 - `trim(s)` - Remove leading and trailing whitespace from `s`.
 - `trim_end(s)` - Remove trailing whitespace from `s`.
-- `trim_end_match(s, substr)` - Remove suffix of `s` matching `substr`.
-- `trim_end_matches(s, substr)` - Repeatedly remove suffixes of `s` matching
-  `substr`.
+- `trim_end_match(s, substring)` - Remove suffix of `s` matching `substring`.
+- `trim_end_matches(s, substring)` - Repeatedly remove suffixes of `s` matching
+  `substring`.
 - `trim_start(s)` - Remove leading whitespace from `s`.
-- `trim_start_match(s, substr)` - Remove prefix of `s` matching `substr`.
-- `trim_start_matches(s, substr)` - Repeatedly remove prefixes of `s` matching
-  `substr`.
+- `trim_start_match(s, substring)` - Remove prefix of `s` matching `substring`.
+- `trim_start_matches(s, substring)` - Repeatedly remove prefixes of `s`
+  matching `substring`.
 
 #### Case Conversion