6 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/absl/base/attributes.h b/absl/base/attributes.h
index b1883b6d752c..3662f0fe7826 100644
--- a/absl/base/attributes.h
+++ b/absl/base/attributes.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 // ABSL_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE
 // ABSL_SCANF_ATTRIBUTE
 //
-// Tells the compiler to perform `printf` format std::string checking if the
+// Tells the compiler to perform `printf` format string checking if the
 // compiler supports it; see the 'format' attribute in
 // <http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.7.0/gcc/Function-Attributes.html>.
 //
diff --git a/absl/base/config.h b/absl/base/config.h
index 6890e313bf27..035bd03f9234 100644
--- a/absl/base/config.h
+++ b/absl/base/config.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 #define ABSL_HAVE_INTRINSIC_INT128 1
 #elif defined(__CUDACC__)
 // __CUDACC_VER__ is a full version number before CUDA 9, and is defined to a
-// std::string explaining that it has been removed starting with CUDA 9. We use
+// string explaining that it has been removed starting with CUDA 9. We use
 // nested #ifs because there is no short-circuiting in the preprocessor.
 // NOTE: `__CUDACC__` could be undefined while `__CUDACC_VER__` is defined.
 #if __CUDACC_VER__ >= 70000
diff --git a/absl/base/exception_safety_testing_test.cc b/absl/base/exception_safety_testing_test.cc
index 724c0ad547ab..c2922f33c66b 100644
--- a/absl/base/exception_safety_testing_test.cc
+++ b/absl/base/exception_safety_testing_test.cc
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ TEST(ThrowingValueTest, ThrowingStreamOps) {
 }
 
 // Tests the operator<< of ThrowingValue by forcing ConstructorTracker to emit
-// a nonfatal failure that contains the std::string representation of the Thrower
+// a nonfatal failure that contains the string representation of the Thrower
 TEST(ThrowingValueTest, StreamOpsOutput) {
   using ::testing::TypeSpec;
   exceptions_internal::ConstructorTracker ct(exceptions_internal::countdown);
diff --git a/absl/base/internal/raw_logging.h b/absl/base/internal/raw_logging.h
index 67abfd30798d..79a7bb9b2f7a 100644
--- a/absl/base/internal/raw_logging.h
+++ b/absl/base/internal/raw_logging.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void SafeWriteToStderr(const char *s, size_t len);
 
 // compile-time function to get the "base" filename, that is, the part of
 // a filename after the last "/" or "\" path separator.  The search starts at
-// the end of the std::string; the second parameter is the length of the std::string.
+// the end of the string; the second parameter is the length of the string.
 constexpr const char* Basename(const char* fname, int offset) {
   return offset == 0 || fname[offset - 1] == '/' || fname[offset - 1] == '\\'
              ? fname + offset
diff --git a/absl/base/log_severity.h b/absl/base/log_severity.h
index e2931c34d1df..5770d3629e72 100644
--- a/absl/base/log_severity.h
+++ b/absl/base/log_severity.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ constexpr std::array<absl::LogSeverity, 4> LogSeverities() {
            absl::LogSeverity::kError, absl::LogSeverity::kFatal}};
 }
 
-// Returns the all-caps std::string representation (e.g. "INFO") of the specified
+// Returns the all-caps string representation (e.g. "INFO") of the specified
 // severity level if it is one of the normal levels and "UNKNOWN" otherwise.
 constexpr const char* LogSeverityName(absl::LogSeverity s) {
   return s == absl::LogSeverity::kInfo
diff --git a/absl/base/raw_logging_test.cc b/absl/base/raw_logging_test.cc
index ebbc5db90672..b21cf651758e 100644
--- a/absl/base/raw_logging_test.cc
+++ b/absl/base/raw_logging_test.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ TEST(RawLoggingCompilationTest, PassingCheck) {
 }
 
 // Not all platforms support output from raw log, so we don't verify any
-// particular output for RAW check failures (expecting the empty std::string
+// particular output for RAW check failures (expecting the empty string
 // accomplishes this).  This test is primarily a compilation test, but we
 // are verifying process death when EXPECT_DEATH works for a platform.
 const char kExpectedDeathOutput[] = "";