Index: clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "../ClangTidyModuleRegistry.h"
 #include "CopyConstructorInitCheck.h"
 #include "IntegerDivisionCheck.h"
+#include "StringConstructorCheck.h"
 #include "SuspiciousMemsetUsageCheck.h"
 #include "UndefinedMemoryManipulationCheck.h"
 
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@
         "bugprone-copy-constructor-init");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<IntegerDivisionCheck>(
         "bugprone-integer-division");
+    CheckFactories.registerCheck<StringConstructorCheck>(
+        "bugprone-string-constructor");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<SuspiciousMemsetUsageCheck>(
         "bugprone-suspicious-memset-usage");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<UndefinedMemoryManipulationCheck>(
Index: clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   BugproneTidyModule.cpp
   CopyConstructorInitCheck.cpp
   IntegerDivisionCheck.cpp
+  StringConstructorCheck.cpp
   SuspiciousMemsetUsageCheck.cpp
   UndefinedMemoryManipulationCheck.cpp
 
Index: clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.h
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.h
+++ clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.h
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_MISC_STRING_CONSTRUCTOR_H
-#define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_MISC_STRING_CONSTRUCTOR_H
+#ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_BUGPRONE_STRING_CONSTRUCTOR_H
+#define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_BUGPRONE_STRING_CONSTRUCTOR_H
 
 #include "../ClangTidy.h"
 
 namespace clang {
 namespace tidy {
-namespace misc {
+namespace bugprone {
 
 /// Finds suspicious string constructor and check their parameters.
 ///
 /// For the user-facing documentation see:
-/// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/misc-string-constructor.html
+/// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-string-constructor.html
 class StringConstructorCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
 public:
   StringConstructorCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context);
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
   const unsigned int LargeLengthThreshold;
 };
 
-} // namespace misc
+} // namespace bugprone
 } // namespace tidy
 } // namespace clang
 
-#endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_MISC_STRING_CONSTRUCTOR_H
+#endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_BUGPRONE_STRING_CONSTRUCTOR_H
Index: clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 namespace clang {
 namespace tidy {
-namespace misc {
+namespace bugprone {
 
 AST_MATCHER_P(IntegerLiteral, isBiggerThan, unsigned, N) {
   return Node.getValue().getZExtValue() > N;
@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-} // namespace misc
+} // namespace bugprone
 } // namespace tidy
 } // namespace clang
Index: clang-tidy/misc/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/misc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/misc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
   SizeofExpressionCheck.cpp
   StaticAssertCheck.cpp
   StringCompareCheck.cpp
-  StringConstructorCheck.cpp
   StringIntegerAssignmentCheck.cpp
   StringLiteralWithEmbeddedNulCheck.cpp
   SuspiciousEnumUsageCheck.cpp
Index: clang-tidy/misc/MiscTidyModule.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/misc/MiscTidyModule.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/misc/MiscTidyModule.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "SizeofExpressionCheck.h"
 #include "StaticAssertCheck.h"
 #include "StringCompareCheck.h"
-#include "StringConstructorCheck.h"
 #include "StringIntegerAssignmentCheck.h"
 #include "StringLiteralWithEmbeddedNulCheck.h"
 #include "SuspiciousEnumUsageCheck.h"
@@ -114,8 +113,6 @@
         "misc-sizeof-expression");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<StaticAssertCheck>("misc-static-assert");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<StringCompareCheck>("misc-string-compare");
-    CheckFactories.registerCheck<StringConstructorCheck>(
-        "misc-string-constructor");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<StringIntegerAssignmentCheck>(
         "misc-string-integer-assignment");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<StringLiteralWithEmbeddedNulCheck>(
Index: docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 Improvements to clang-tidy
 --------------------------
 
+- The 'misc-string-constructor' check was renamed to `bugprone-string-constructor
+  <http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-string-constructor.html>`_
+
 - New `google-avoid-throwing-objc-exception
   <http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/google-objc-avoid-throwing-exception.html>`_ check
 
Index: docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-string-constructor.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-string-constructor.rst
+++ docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-string-constructor.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.. title:: clang-tidy - misc-string-constructor
+.. title:: clang-tidy - bugprone-string-constructor
 
-misc-string-constructor
-=======================
+bugprone-string-constructor
+===========================
 
 Finds string constructors that are suspicious and probably errors.
 
Index: docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
    boost-use-to-string
    bugprone-copy-constructor-init
    bugprone-integer-division
+   bugprone-string-constructor
    bugprone-suspicious-memset-usage
    bugprone-undefined-memory-manipulation
    cert-dcl03-c (redirects to misc-static-assert) <cert-dcl03-c>
@@ -131,7 +132,6 @@
    misc-sizeof-expression
    misc-static-assert
    misc-string-compare
-   misc-string-constructor
    misc-string-integer-assignment
    misc-string-literal-with-embedded-nul
    misc-suspicious-enum-usage
Index: test/clang-tidy/bugprone-string-constructor.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/clang-tidy/bugprone-string-constructor.cpp
+++ test/clang-tidy/bugprone-string-constructor.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s misc-string-constructor %t
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s bugprone-string-constructor %t
 
 namespace std {
 template <typename T>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 void Test() {
   std::string str('x', 4);
-  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: string constructor parameters are probably swapped; expecting string(count, character) [misc-string-constructor]
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: string constructor parameters are probably swapped; expecting string(count, character) [bugprone-string-constructor]
   // CHECK-FIXES: std::string str(4, 'x');
   std::wstring wstr(L'x', 4);
   // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:16: warning: string constructor parameters are probably swapped