diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs index 97aa3015bf1..0f589647a47 100644 --- a/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs +++ b/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs @@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ impl *const T { /// such large allocations either.) /// /// The requirement for pointers to be derived from the same allocated object is primarily - /// needed for `const`-compatibility: at compile-time, pointers into *different* allocated - /// objects do not have a known distance to each other. However, the requirement also exists at + /// needed for `const`-compatibility: the distance between pointers into *different* allocated + /// objects is not known at compile-time. However, the requirement also exists at /// runtime and may be exploited by optimizations. If you wish to compute the difference between /// pointers that are not guaranteed to be from the same allocation, use `(self as /// usize).sub(origin as usize) / mem::size_of::()`. diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs index 2f21319d559..d395319b6f3 100644 --- a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs +++ b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs @@ -822,8 +822,8 @@ impl *mut T { /// such large allocations either.) /// /// The requirement for pointers to be derived from the same allocated object is primarily - /// needed for `const`-compatibility: at compile-time, pointers into *different* allocated - /// objects do not have a known distance to each other. However, the requirement also exists at + /// needed for `const`-compatibility: the distance between pointers into *different* allocated + /// objects is not known at compile-time. However, the requirement also exists at /// runtime and may be exploited by optimizations. If you wish to compute the difference between /// pointers that are not guaranteed to be from the same allocation, use `(self as /// usize).sub(origin as usize) / mem::size_of::()`.