diff --git a/library/alloc/src/slice.rs b/library/alloc/src/slice.rs
index aaa6a2abbd90..ef7469c68de6 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/slice.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/slice.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl<T> [T] {
     /// Sorting types that only implement [`PartialOrd`] such as [`f32`] and [`f64`] require
     /// additional precautions. For example, `f32::NAN != f32::NAN`, which doesn't fulfill the
     /// reflexivity requirement of [`Ord`]. By using an alternative comparison function with
-    /// [`slice::sort_by`] such as [`f32::total_cmp`] or [`f64::total_cmp`] that defines a [total
+    /// `slice::sort_by` such as [`f32::total_cmp`] or [`f64::total_cmp`] that defines a [total
     /// order] users can sort slices containing floating-point values. Alternatively, if all values
     /// in the slice are guaranteed to be in a subset for which [`PartialOrd::partial_cmp`] forms a
     /// [total order], it's possible to sort the slice with `sort_by(|a, b|
diff --git a/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs b/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs
index 2ac41ce2c6da..af99d52600c8 100644
--- a/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs
@@ -2893,7 +2893,7 @@ pub fn binary_search_by_key<'a, B, F>(&'a self, b: &B, mut f: F) -> Result<usize
     /// Sorting types that only implement [`PartialOrd`] such as [`f32`] and [`f64`] require
     /// additional precautions. For example, `f32::NAN != f32::NAN`, which doesn't fulfill the
     /// reflexivity requirement of [`Ord`]. By using an alternative comparison function with
-    /// [`slice::sort_unstable_by`] such as [`f32::total_cmp`] or [`f64::total_cmp`] that defines a
+    /// `slice::sort_unstable_by` such as [`f32::total_cmp`] or [`f64::total_cmp`] that defines a
     /// [total order] users can sort slices containing floating-point values. Alternatively, if all
     /// values in the slice are guaranteed to be in a subset for which [`PartialOrd::partial_cmp`]
     /// forms a [total order], it's possible to sort the slice with `sort_unstable_by(|a, b|