diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/suggestions.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/suggestions.c
index 043fc813b95..2e48599a113 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/suggestions.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/suggestions.c
@@ -246,12 +246,12 @@ void texttool_docs_show(const char *docs)
 	/* Ensure documentation ends with a '\n' */
 	if (docs[len - 1] != '\n') {
 		documentation = MEM_mallocN(len + 2, "Documentation");
-		BLI_strncpy(documentation, docs, len);
+		memcpy(documentation, docs, len);
 		documentation[len++] = '\n';
 	}
 	else {
 		documentation = MEM_mallocN(len + 1, "Documentation");
-		BLI_strncpy(documentation, docs, len);
+		memcpy(documentation, docs, len);
 	}
 	documentation[len] = '\0';
 }