diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
index 7ef2e95542b..45964c3a444 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *const T {
     }
 
     /// Calculates the distance between two pointers. The returned value is in
-    /// units of T: the distance in bytes is divided by `mem::size_of::<T>()`.
+    /// units of T: the distance in bytes divided by `mem::size_of::<T>()`.
     ///
     /// This function is the inverse of [`offset`].
     ///
diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
index 56f9c84f5af..ff5207c1a06 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
     }
 
     /// Calculates the distance between two pointers. The returned value is in
-    /// units of T: the distance in bytes is divided by `mem::size_of::<T>()`.
+    /// units of T: the distance in bytes divided by `mem::size_of::<T>()`.
     ///
     /// This function is the inverse of [`offset`].
     ///