diff --git a/library/core/src/pin.rs b/library/core/src/pin.rs
index 8f60c4787d459..fc17f64879a50 100644
--- a/library/core/src/pin.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/pin.rs
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ impl<P: Deref> Pin<P> {
     /// use std::pin::Pin;
     ///
     /// fn move_pinned_rc<T>(mut x: Rc<T>) {
-    ///     let pinned = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(x.clone()) };
+    ///     let pinned = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(Rc::clone(&x)) };
     ///     {
     ///         let p: Pin<&T> = pinned.as_ref();
     ///         // This should mean the pointee can never move again.
diff --git a/library/core/src/sync/atomic.rs b/library/core/src/sync/atomic.rs
index 1aec7e1b5f871..38eabaaa396e0 100644
--- a/library/core/src/sync/atomic.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/sync/atomic.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 //! fn main() {
 //!     let spinlock = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(1));
 //!
-//!     let spinlock_clone = spinlock.clone();
+//!     let spinlock_clone = Arc::clone(&spinlock);
 //!     let thread = thread::spawn(move|| {
 //!         spinlock_clone.store(0, Ordering::SeqCst);
 //!     });