diff --git a/src/core/string.c b/src/core/string.c
index d7baf86b..81149243 100644
--- a/src/core/string.c
+++ b/src/core/string.c
@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(cfun_string_slice,
               "Returns a substring from a byte sequence. The substring is from "
               "index `start` inclusive to index `end`, exclusive. All indexing "
               "is from 0. `start` and `end` can also be negative to indicate indexing "
-              "from the end of the string. Note that index -1 is synonymous with "
-              "index `(length bytes)` to allow a full negative slice range. ") {
+              "from the end of the string. Note that if `start` is negative it is "
+              "exclusive, and if `end` is negative it is inclusive, to allow a full "
+              "negative slice range.") {
     JanetByteView view = janet_getbytes(argv, 0);
     JanetRange range = janet_getslice(argc, argv);
     return janet_stringv(view.bytes + range.start, range.end - range.start);
diff --git a/src/core/tuple.c b/src/core/tuple.c
index 1c51efc2..bf6d09e6 100644
--- a/src/core/tuple.c
+++ b/src/core/tuple.c
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(cfun_tuple_slice,
               "inclusive to index `end` exclusive. If `start` or `end` are not provided, "
               "they default to 0 and the length of `arrtup`, respectively. "
               "`start` and `end` can also be negative to indicate indexing "
-              "from the end of the input. Note that index -1 is synonymous with "
-              "index `(length arrtup)` to allow a full negative slice range. "
-              "Returns the new tuple.") {
+              "from the end of the input. Note that if `start` is negative it is "
+              "exclusive, and if `end` is negative it is inclusive, to allow a full "
+              "negative slice range. Returns the new tuple.") {
     JanetView view = janet_getindexed(argv, 0);
     JanetRange range = janet_getslice(argc, argv);
     return janet_wrap_tuple(janet_tuple_n(view.items + range.start, range.end - range.start));