diff --git a/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h b/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
index 99a2d96..ccafd70 100644
--- a/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
+++ b/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
 
 // Reference-counted representation of Status data.
 struct StatusRep {
-  StatusRep(absl::StatusCode code, std::string message,
+  StatusRep(absl::StatusCode code, absl::string_view message,
             std::unique_ptr<status_internal::Payloads> payloads)
       : ref(int32_t{1}),
         code(code),
-        message(std::move(message)),
+        message(message),
         payloads(std::move(payloads)) {}
 
   std::atomic<int32_t> ref;
diff --git a/absl/status/status.cc b/absl/status/status.cc
index 51a0d26..5a5cd5c 100644
--- a/absl/status/status.cc
+++ b/absl/status/status.cc
@@ -207,19 +207,10 @@
   }
 }
 
-uintptr_t Status::NewRep(
-    absl::StatusCode code, absl::string_view msg,
-    std::unique_ptr<status_internal::Payloads> payloads) {
-  status_internal::StatusRep* rep = new status_internal::StatusRep(
-      code, std::string(msg.data(), msg.size()),
-      std::move(payloads));
-  return PointerToRep(rep);
-}
-
 Status::Status(absl::StatusCode code, absl::string_view msg)
     : rep_(CodeToInlinedRep(code)) {
   if (code != absl::StatusCode::kOk && !msg.empty()) {
-    rep_ = NewRep(code, msg, nullptr);
+    rep_ = PointerToRep(new status_internal::StatusRep(code, msg, nullptr));
   }
 }
 
@@ -238,9 +229,9 @@
 void Status::PrepareToModify() {
   ABSL_RAW_CHECK(!ok(), "PrepareToModify shouldn't be called on OK status.");
   if (IsInlined(rep_)) {
-    rep_ =
-        NewRep(static_cast<absl::StatusCode>(raw_code()), absl::string_view(),
-               nullptr);
+    rep_ = PointerToRep(new status_internal::StatusRep(
+        static_cast<absl::StatusCode>(raw_code()), absl::string_view(),
+        nullptr));
     return;
   }
 
@@ -251,8 +242,9 @@
     if (rep->payloads) {
       payloads = absl::make_unique<status_internal::Payloads>(*rep->payloads);
     }
-    rep_ = NewRep(rep->code, message(),
-                  std::move(payloads));
+    status_internal::StatusRep* const new_rep = new status_internal::StatusRep(
+        rep->code, message(), std::move(payloads));
+    rep_ = PointerToRep(new_rep);
     UnrefNonInlined(rep_i);
   }
 }
diff --git a/absl/strings/internal/cord_rep_ring.cc b/absl/strings/internal/cord_rep_ring.cc
index cb95b19..0995129 100644
--- a/absl/strings/internal/cord_rep_ring.cc
+++ b/absl/strings/internal/cord_rep_ring.cc
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
     if (offset >= child->length || entry_length > child->length - offset) {
       output << "entry[" << head << "] has offset " << offset
              << " and entry length " << entry_length
-             << " which are outside of the childs length of " << child->length;
+             << " which are outside of the child's length of " << child->length;
       return false;
     }