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diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index e731bb49..6033a008 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -6,19 +6,16 @@
 
 /** \file string.c Memory allocation and string handling functions. */
 
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include "para.h"
 
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h> /* uname() */
-
 #include <string.h>
 #include <regex.h>
-
 #include <langinfo.h>
 #include <wchar.h>
 #include <wctype.h>
 
-#include "para.h"
 #include "string.h"
 #include "error.h"
 
@@ -806,15 +803,18 @@ err:
  * Split a buffer into words.
  *
  * This parser honors single and double quotes, backslash-escaped characters
- * and special characters like \p \\n. The result contains pointers to copies
- * of the words contained in \a buf and has to be freed by using \ref
- * free_argv().
+ * and special characters like \\n. The result contains pointers to copies of
+ * the words contained in buf and has to be freed by using \ref free_argv().
  *
  * \param buf The buffer to be split.
  * \param delim Each character in this string is treated as a separator.
  * \param result The array of words is returned here.
  *
- * \return Number of words in \a buf, negative on errors.
+ * It's OK to pass NULL as the buffer argument. This is equivalent to passing
+ * the empty string.
+ *
+ * \return Number of words in buf, negative on errors. The array returned
+ * through the result pointer is NULL terminated.
  */
 int create_argv(const char *buf, const char *delim, char ***result)
 {