diff --git a/manual/string.texi b/manual/string.texi
index 57b804c1df..ad57265274 100644
--- a/manual/string.texi
+++ b/manual/string.texi
@@ -1088,11 +1088,10 @@ name, a truncated name can identify the wrong user.
 
 Although some buffer overruns can be prevented by manually replacing
 calls to copying functions with calls to truncation functions, there
-are often easier and safer automatic techniques that cause buffer
-overruns to reliably terminate a program, such as GCC's
-@option{-fcheck-pointer-bounds} and @option{-fsanitize=address}
-options.  @xref{Debugging Options,, Options for Debugging Your Program
-or GCC, gcc, Using GCC}.  Because truncation functions can mask
+are often easier and safer automatic techniques, such as fortification
+(@pxref{Source Fortification}) and AddressSanitizer
+(@pxref{Instrumentation Options,, Program Instrumentation Options, gcc, Using GCC}).
+Because truncation functions can mask
 application bugs that would otherwise be caught by the automatic
 techniques, these functions should be used only when the application's
 underlying logic requires truncation.