diff --git a/doc/api.rst b/doc/api.rst
index 51112b0a..4d72a5cb 100644
--- a/doc/api.rst
+++ b/doc/api.rst
@@ -39,12 +39,10 @@ They take *fmt* and *args* as arguments.
 
 *fmt* is a format string that contains literal text and replacement fields
 surrounded by braces ``{}``. The fields are replaced with formatted arguments
-in the resulting string. A function taking *fmt* doesn't participate in an
-overload resolution if the latter is not a string.
-
-Most formatting functions such as `fmt::format` require a format string to
-be known at compile time, i.e. be a string literal or a ``constexpr`` string.
-To pass a runtime format string wrap it in `fmt::runtime`.
+in the resulting string. `fmt::format_string` is a format string which can be
+constructed from a string literal or a ``constexpr`` string and is checked at
+compile time in C++20. To pass a runtime format string wrap it in
+`fmt::runtime`.
 
 *args* is an argument list representing objects to be formatted.
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 6f779e18..af521e19 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -2972,7 +2972,7 @@ FMT_API auto vformat(string_view fmt, format_args args) -> std::string;
   **Example**::
 
     #include <fmt/core.h>
-    std::string message = fmt::format("The answer is {}", 42);
+    std::string message = fmt::format("The answer is {}.", 42);
   \endrst
 */
 template <typename... T>