--- a/website/src/manual.html.luan	Mon Jan 18 06:42:50 2016 -0700
+++ b/website/src/manual.html.luan	Mon Jan 18 23:07:52 2016 -0700
@@ -2550,8 +2550,12 @@
 
 <h4 heading><a name="String.matches"><code>String.matches (s, pattern)</code></a></h4>
 <p>
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the entire string <code>s</code> matches <code>pattern</code>.
-
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the <code>pattern</code> can be found in string <code>s</code>.
+This function is equivalent to
+
+<pre>
+     return String.match(s,pattern) ~= nil
+</pre>
 
 
 <h4 heading><a name="String.rep"><code>String.rep (s, n [, sep])</code></a></h4>