diff --git a/src/order/upper_lower.lean b/src/order/upper_lower.lean
index 0ceca9db42920..f8128d480dcfe 100644
--- a/src/order/upper_lower.lean
+++ b/src/order/upper_lower.lean
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ alias is_upper_set_preimage_to_dual_iff ↔ _ is_lower_set.to_dual
 end has_le
 
 section preorder
-variables [preorder α] [preorder β] {s : set α} (a : α)
+variables [preorder α] [preorder β] {s : set α} {p : α → Prop} (a : α)
 
 lemma is_upper_set_Ici : is_upper_set (Ici a) := λ _ _, ge_trans
 lemma is_lower_set_Iic : is_lower_set (Iic a) := λ _ _, le_trans
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ lemma is_lower_set.image (hs : is_lower_set s) (f : α ≃o β) : is_lower_set (
 by { change is_lower_set ((f : α ≃ β) '' s), rw set.image_equiv_eq_preimage_symm,
   exact hs.preimage f.symm.monotone }
 
+@[simp] lemma set.monotone_mem : monotone (∈ s) ↔ is_upper_set s := iff.rfl
+@[simp] lemma set.antitone_mem : antitone (∈ s) ↔ is_lower_set s := forall_swap
+
+@[simp] lemma is_upper_set_set_of : is_upper_set {a | p a} ↔ monotone p := iff.rfl
+@[simp] lemma is_lower_set_set_of : is_lower_set {a | p a} ↔ antitone p := forall_swap
+
 section order_top
 variables [order_top α]
 
diff --git a/src/topology/uniform_space/completion.lean b/src/topology/uniform_space/completion.lean
index fdc70b7d2714b..ae7133be2cc56 100644
--- a/src/topology/uniform_space/completion.lean
+++ b/src/topology/uniform_space/completion.lean
@@ -66,20 +66,20 @@ def gen (s : set (α × α)) : set (Cauchy α × Cauchy α) :=
 {p | s ∈ p.1.val ×ᶠ p.2.val }
 
 lemma monotone_gen : monotone gen :=
-monotone_set_of $ assume p, @monotone_mem (α×α) (p.1.val ×ᶠ p.2.val)
+monotone_set_of $ assume p, @filter.monotone_mem _ (p.1.val ×ᶠ p.2.val)
 
 private lemma symm_gen : map prod.swap ((𝓤 α).lift' gen) ≤ (𝓤 α).lift' gen :=
 calc map prod.swap ((𝓤 α).lift' gen) =
   (𝓤 α).lift' (λs:set (α×α), {p | s ∈ p.2.val ×ᶠ p.1.val }) :
   begin
     delta gen,
-    simp [map_lift'_eq, monotone_set_of, monotone_mem,
+    simp [map_lift'_eq, monotone_set_of, filter.monotone_mem,
           function.comp, image_swap_eq_preimage_swap, -subtype.val_eq_coe]
   end
   ... ≤ (𝓤 α).lift' gen :
     uniformity_lift_le_swap
       (monotone_principal.comp (monotone_set_of $ assume p,
-        @monotone_mem (α×α) (p.2.val ×ᶠ  p.1.val)))
+        @filter.monotone_mem _ (p.2.val ×ᶠ p.1.val)))
       begin
         have h := λ(p:Cauchy α×Cauchy α), @filter.prod_comm _ _ (p.2.val) (p.1.val),
         simp [function.comp, h, -subtype.val_eq_coe, mem_map'],