Rollup merge of #108694 - est31:backticks_matchmaking_comments, r=Nilstrieb

Match unmatched backticks in compiler/ comments

r? ``@Nilstrieb`` as per [advice](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/108685#issuecomment-1453018499)

42 files changed, 51 insertions, 48 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/parser.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/parser.rs
index 81efdaa44b3..3a0af04f9eb 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/parser.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/parser.rs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ impl AssocOp {
             AssignOp(_) | // `{ 42 } +=`
             As | // `{ 42 } as usize`
             // Equal | // `{ 42 } == { 42 }`    Accepting these here would regress incorrect
-            // NotEqual | // `{ 42 } != { 42 }  struct literals parser recovery.
+            // NotEqual | // `{ 42 } != { 42 }` struct literals parser recovery.
             Colon, // `{ 42 }: usize`
         )
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
index 5352a56b165..b20157f2c7c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
         hir::OwnerNode::Item(self.arena.alloc(opaque_ty_item))
     }
 
-    /// Given a `parent_def_id`, a list of `lifetimes_in_bounds and a `remapping` hash to be
+    /// Given a `parent_def_id`, a list of `lifetimes_in_bounds` and a `remapping` hash to be
     /// filled, this function creates new definitions for `Param` and `Fresh` lifetimes, inserts the
     /// new definition, adds it to the remapping with the definition of the given lifetime and
     /// returns a list of lifetimes to be lowered afterwards.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs
index 1c561375626..2cc009410f4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl<'a> AstValidator<'a> {
                 // We allow these:
                 //  - `Option<impl Trait>`
                 //  - `option::Option<impl Trait>`
-                //  - `option::Option<T>::Foo<impl Trait>
+                //  - `option::Option<T>::Foo<impl Trait>`
                 //
                 // But not these:
                 //  - `<impl Trait>::Foo`
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/region_errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/region_errors.rs
index 37bc8533dc8..ffe82b46cfd 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/region_errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/region_errors.rs
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
     /// fn foo<'a, 'b>(x: &'a u32) -> &'b u32 { x }
     /// ```
     ///
-    /// Here we would be invoked with `fr = 'a` and `outlived_fr = `'b`.
+    /// Here we would be invoked with `fr = 'a` and `outlived_fr = 'b`.
     pub(crate) fn report_region_error(
         &mut self,
         fr: RegionVid,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/mod.rs
index 941da2dd3b5..21b5bd7cb94 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/mod.rs
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ impl<'tcx> RegionInferenceContext<'tcx> {
     /// from a universe it can't name; at present, the only way for
     /// this to be true is if `scc` outlives `'static`. This is
     /// actually stricter than necessary: ideally, we'd support bounds
-    /// like `for<'a: 'b`>` that might then allow us to approximate
+    /// like `for<'a: 'b>` that might then allow us to approximate
     /// `'a` with `'b` and not `'static`. But it will have to do for
     /// now.
     fn add_incompatible_universe(&mut self, scc: ConstraintSccIndex) {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/values.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/values.rs
index c361357ca21..8132800f107 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/values.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/values.rs
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ pub(crate) struct RegionValues<N: Idx> {
     free_regions: SparseBitMatrix<N, RegionVid>,
 
     /// Placeholders represent bound regions -- so something like `'a`
-    /// in for<'a> fn(&'a u32)`.
+    /// in `for<'a> fn(&'a u32)`.
     placeholders: SparseBitMatrix<N, PlaceholderIndex>,
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/compare_impl_item.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/compare_impl_item.rs
index b0dc6b1dcac..691d3f8d942 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/compare_impl_item.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/compare_impl_item.rs
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ pub(super) fn check_type_bounds<'tcx>(
     //     type Bar<C> =...
     // }
     //
-    // - `impl_trait_ref` would be `<(A, B) as Foo<u32>>
+    // - `impl_trait_ref` would be `<(A, B) as Foo<u32>>`
     // - `impl_ty_substs` would be `[A, B, ^0.0]` (`^0.0` here is the bound var with db 0 and index 0)
     // - `rebased_substs` would be `[(A, B), u32, ^0.0]`, combining the substs from
     //    the *trait* with the generic associated type parameters (as bound vars).
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/coherence/builtin.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/coherence/builtin.rs
index 875c5f1fd00..ffb68abf978 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/coherence/builtin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/coherence/builtin.rs
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ pub fn coerce_unsized_info<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, impl_did: DefId) -> CoerceUn
             }
 
             // Here we are considering a case of converting
-            // `S<P0...Pn>` to S<Q0...Qn>`. As an example, let's imagine a struct `Foo<T, U>`,
+            // `S<P0...Pn>` to `S<Q0...Qn>`. As an example, let's imagine a struct `Foo<T, U>`,
             // which acts like a pointer to `U`, but carries along some extra data of type `T`:
             //
             //     struct Foo<T, U> {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/mem_categorization.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/mem_categorization.rs
index bcfc61bffb2..4d3969d28aa 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/mem_categorization.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/mem_categorization.rs
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MemCategorizationContext<'a, 'tcx> {
         // `&&Some(x,)` `place_foo`
         //  `&Some(x,)` `deref { place_foo}`
         //   `Some(x,)` `deref { deref { place_foo }}`
-        //        (x,)` `field0 { deref { deref { place_foo }}}` <- resulting place
+        //       `(x,)` `field0 { deref { deref { place_foo }}}` <- resulting place
         //
         // The above example has no adjustments. If the code were instead the (after adjustments,
         // equivalent) version
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/upvar.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/upvar.rs
index e8bc50440e2..4a432328c4d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/upvar.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/upvar.rs
@@ -2223,7 +2223,7 @@ fn determine_place_ancestry_relation<'tcx>(
 ///     || drop(&*m.a.field_of_a)
 ///     // Here we really do want to capture `*m.a` because that outlives `'static`
 ///
-///     // If we capture `m`, then the closure no longer outlives `'static'
+///     // If we capture `m`, then the closure no longer outlives `'static`
 ///     // it is constrained to `'a`
 /// }
 /// ```
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_incremental/src/assert_module_sources.rs b/compiler/rustc_incremental/src/assert_module_sources.rs
index b4b0ea00c50..c550e553bb0 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_incremental/src/assert_module_sources.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_incremental/src/assert_module_sources.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 //! the HIR doesn't change as a result of the annotations, which might
 //! perturb the reuse results.
 //!
-//! `#![rustc_expected_cgu_reuse(module="spike", cfg="rpass2", kind="post-lto")]
+//! `#![rustc_expected_cgu_reuse(module="spike", cfg="rpass2", kind="post-lto")]`
 //! allows for doing a more fine-grained check to see if pre- or post-lto data
 //! was re-used.
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_index/src/bit_set.rs b/compiler/rustc_index/src/bit_set.rs
index 15179392c88..cbf169afb18 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_index/src/bit_set.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_index/src/bit_set.rs
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ impl<R: Idx, C: Idx> SparseBitMatrix<R, C> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Subtracts `set from `row`. `set` can be either `BitSet` or
+    /// Subtracts `set` from `row`. `set` can be either `BitSet` or
     /// `HybridBitSet`. Has no effect if `row` does not exist.
     ///
     /// Returns true if the row was changed.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/canonical/canonicalizer.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/canonical/canonicalizer.rs
index 7ffd39de781..678c4a0beb6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/canonical/canonicalizer.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/canonical/canonicalizer.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxt<'tcx> {
 
     /// Like [Self::canonicalize_query], but preserves distinct universes. For
     /// example, canonicalizing `&'?0: Trait<'?1>`, where `'?0` is in `U1` and
-    /// `'?1` is in `U3` would be canonicalized to have ?0` in `U1` and `'?1`
+    /// `'?1` is in `U3` would be canonicalized to have `?0` in `U1` and `'?1`
     /// in `U2`.
     ///
     /// This is used for Chalk integration.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/lexical_region_resolve/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/lexical_region_resolve/mod.rs
index a499018d3a2..2c480355085 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/lexical_region_resolve/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/lexical_region_resolve/mod.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub enum RegionResolutionError<'tcx> {
     /// `o` requires that `a <= b`, but this does not hold
     ConcreteFailure(SubregionOrigin<'tcx>, Region<'tcx>, Region<'tcx>),
 
-    /// `GenericBoundFailure(p, s, a)
+    /// `GenericBoundFailure(p, s, a)`:
     ///
     /// The parameter/associated-type `p` must be known to outlive the lifetime
     /// `a` (but none of the known bounds are sufficient).
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/nll_relate/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/nll_relate/mod.rs
index 6e413a7f412..573cd91a2a2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/nll_relate/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/nll_relate/mod.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ where
     ///
     /// - Covariant means `a <: b`.
     /// - Contravariant means `b <: a`.
-    /// - Invariant means `a == b.
+    /// - Invariant means `a == b`.
     /// - Bivariant means that it doesn't matter.
     ambient_variance: ty::Variance,
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/region_constraints/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/region_constraints/mod.rs
index 33514eedfc3..872f617474c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/region_constraints/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/region_constraints/mod.rs
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ pub enum VerifyBound<'tcx> {
 /// in that case we can show `'b: 'c`. But if `'?x` winds up being something
 /// else, the bound isn't relevant.
 ///
-/// In the [`VerifyBound`], this struct is enclosed in `Binder to account
+/// In the [`VerifyBound`], this struct is enclosed in `Binder` to account
 /// for cases like
 ///
 /// ```rust
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
index 59540aaf18f..5b2100b5da9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ declare_lint! {
 }
 
 declare_lint_pass!(
-    /// Explains corresponding feature flag must be enabled for the `#[track_caller] attribute to
+    /// Explains corresponding feature flag must be enabled for the `#[track_caller]` attribute to
     /// do anything
     UngatedAsyncFnTrackCaller => [UNGATED_ASYNC_FN_TRACK_CALLER]
 );
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/encoder.rs b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/encoder.rs
index ccb07804b96..3ab01f7809b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/encoder.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/encoder.rs
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EncodeContext<'a, 'tcx> {
     #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]
     fn encode_info_for_closure(&mut self, def_id: LocalDefId) {
         // NOTE(eddyb) `tcx.type_of(def_id)` isn't used because it's fully generic,
-        // including on the signature, which is inferred in `typeck.
+        // including on the signature, which is inferred in `typeck`.
         let typeck_result: &'tcx ty::TypeckResults<'tcx> = self.tcx.typeck(def_id);
         let hir_id = self.tcx.hir().local_def_id_to_hir_id(def_id);
         let ty = typeck_result.node_type(hir_id);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mod.rs
index 0d78c6135b3..99cdb769da1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mod.rs
@@ -2908,7 +2908,7 @@ fn pretty_print_const_value<'tcx>(
             // the `destructure_const` query with an empty `ty::ParamEnv` without
             // introducing ICEs (e.g. via `layout_of`) from missing bounds.
             // E.g. `transmute([0usize; 2]): (u8, *mut T)` needs to know `T: Sized`
-            // to be able to destructure the tuple into `(0u8, *mut T)
+            // to be able to destructure the tuple into `(0u8, *mut T)`
             //
             // FIXME(eddyb) for `--emit=mir`/`-Z dump-mir`, we should provide the
             // correct `ty::ParamEnv` to allow printing *all* constant values.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/spanview.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/spanview.rs
index 1610ae1ce14..28a3b51b7fc 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/spanview.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/spanview.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::io::{self, Write};
 pub const TOOLTIP_INDENT: &str = "    ";
 
 const CARET: char = '\u{2038}'; // Unicode `CARET`
-const ANNOTATION_LEFT_BRACKET: char = '\u{298a}'; // Unicode `Z NOTATION RIGHT BINDING BRACKET
+const ANNOTATION_LEFT_BRACKET: char = '\u{298a}'; // Unicode `Z NOTATION RIGHT BINDING BRACKET`
 const ANNOTATION_RIGHT_BRACKET: char = '\u{2989}'; // Unicode `Z NOTATION LEFT BINDING BRACKET`
 const NEW_LINE_SPAN: &str = "</span>\n<span class=\"line\">";
 const HEADER: &str = r#"<!DOCTYPE html>
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/mod.rs
index 51feae3cf8a..5133da3429a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/mod.rs
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ rustc_queries! {
 
     /// Does lifetime resolution on items. Importantly, we can't resolve
     /// lifetimes directly on things like trait methods, because of trait params.
-    /// See `rustc_resolve::late::lifetimes for details.
+    /// See `rustc_resolve::late::lifetimes` for details.
     query resolve_bound_vars(_: hir::OwnerId) -> &'tcx ResolveBoundVars {
         arena_cache
         desc { "resolving lifetimes" }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/consts.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/consts.rs
index 884ae7f5da2..527ec9f6e1c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/consts.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/consts.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub use int::*;
 pub use kind::*;
 pub use valtree::*;
 
-/// Use this rather than `ConstData, whenever possible.
+/// Use this rather than `ConstData`, whenever possible.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, HashStable)]
 #[rustc_pass_by_value]
 pub struct Const<'tcx>(pub(super) Interned<'tcx, ConstData<'tcx>>);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
index 0333198c203..e9e121f9c9b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ pub struct CommonLifetimes<'tcx> {
     pub re_vars: Vec<Region<'tcx>>,
 
     /// Pre-interned values of the form:
-    /// `ReLateBound(DebruijnIndex(i), BoundRegion { var: v, kind: BrAnon(v, None) })
+    /// `ReLateBound(DebruijnIndex(i), BoundRegion { var: v, kind: BrAnon(v, None) })`
     /// for small values of `i` and `v`.
     pub re_late_bounds: Vec<Vec<Region<'tcx>>>,
 }
@@ -2187,7 +2187,7 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
         // Actually intern type lists as lists of `GenericArg`s.
         //
         // Transmuting from `Ty<'tcx>` to `GenericArg<'tcx>` is sound
-        // as explained in ty_slice_as_generic_arg`. With this,
+        // as explained in `ty_slice_as_generic_arg`. With this,
         // we guarantee that even when transmuting between `List<Ty<'tcx>>`
         // and `List<GenericArg<'tcx>>`, the uniqueness requirement for
         // lists is upheld.
@@ -2450,7 +2450,7 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxtAt<'tcx> {
         self.tcx.ty_error_with_message(self.span, "TyKind::Error constructed but no error reported")
     }
 
-    /// Constructs a `TyKind::Error` type and registers a `delay_span_bug` with the given `msg to
+    /// Constructs a `TyKind::Error` type and registers a `delay_span_bug` with the given `msg` to
     /// ensure it gets used.
     #[track_caller]
     pub fn ty_error_with_message(self, msg: &str) -> Ty<'tcx> {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/inhabitedness/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/inhabitedness/mod.rs
index 355b8d8b431..92a040068dd 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/inhabitedness/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/inhabitedness/mod.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl<'tcx> VariantDef {
 impl<'tcx> Ty<'tcx> {
     pub fn inhabited_predicate(self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>) -> InhabitedPredicate<'tcx> {
         match self.kind() {
-            // For now, union`s are always considered inhabited
+            // For now, unions are always considered inhabited
             Adt(adt, _) if adt.is_union() => InhabitedPredicate::True,
             // Non-exhaustive ADTs from other crates are always considered inhabited
             Adt(adt, _) if adt.is_variant_list_non_exhaustive() && !adt.did().is_local() => {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/mod.rs
index 5df01b8abc3..dce18a5850f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/mod.rs
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Predicate<'tcx> {
         //   The substitution from the input trait-ref is therefore going to be
         //   `'a => 'x` (where `'x` has a DB index of 1).
         // - The supertrait-ref is `for<'b> Bar1<'a,'b>`, where `'a` is an
-        //   early-bound parameter and `'b' is a late-bound parameter with a
+        //   early-bound parameter and `'b` is a late-bound parameter with a
         //   DB index of 1.
         // - If we replace `'a` with `'x` from the input, it too will have
         //   a DB index of 1, and thus we'll have `for<'x,'b> Bar1<'x,'b>`
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
         None
     }
 
-    /// Check if the given `DefId` is `#\[automatically_derived\], *and*
+    /// Check if the given `DefId` is `#\[automatically_derived\]`, *and*
     /// whether it was produced by expanding a builtin derive macro.
     pub fn is_builtin_derived(self, def_id: DefId) -> bool {
         if self.is_automatically_derived(def_id)
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/check_const_item_mutation.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/check_const_item_mutation.rs
index fa5f392fa74..536745d2cfe 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/check_const_item_mutation.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/check_const_item_mutation.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl<'tcx> ConstMutationChecker<'_, 'tcx> {
         //
         // `unsafe { *FOO = 0; *BAR.field = 1; }`
         // `unsafe { &mut *FOO }`
-        // `unsafe { (*ARRAY)[0] = val; }
+        // `unsafe { (*ARRAY)[0] = val; }`
         if !place.projection.iter().any(|p| matches!(p, PlaceElem::Deref)) {
             let source_info = self.body.source_info(location);
             let lint_root = self.body.source_scopes[source_info.scope]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans.rs
index f973c1ed28f..8ee316773ae 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans.rs
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> CoverageSpans<'a, 'tcx> {
                 if self.prev().is_macro_expansion() && self.curr().is_macro_expansion() {
                     // Macros that expand to include branching (such as
                     // `assert_eq!()`, `assert_ne!()`, `info!()`, `debug!()`, or
-                    // `trace!()) typically generate callee spans with identical
+                    // `trace!()`) typically generate callee spans with identical
                     // ranges (typically the full span of the macro) for all
                     // `BasicBlocks`. This makes it impossible to distinguish
                     // the condition (`if val1 != val2`) from the optional
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> CoverageSpans<'a, 'tcx> {
     /// `prev.span.hi()` will be greater than (further right of) `prev_original_span.hi()`.
     /// If prev.span() was split off to the right of a closure, prev.span().lo() will be
     /// greater than prev_original_span.lo(). The actual span of `prev_original_span` is
-    /// not as important as knowing that `prev()` **used to have the same span** as `curr(),
+    /// not as important as knowing that `prev()` **used to have the same span** as `curr()`,
     /// which means their sort order is still meaningful for determining the dominator
     /// relationship.
     ///
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lib.rs
index 4193eb7d6e8..cdd28ae0c01 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lib.rs
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ fn mir_const_qualif(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, def: ty::WithOptConstParam<LocalDefId>) ->
 
     // N.B., this `borrow()` is guaranteed to be valid (i.e., the value
     // cannot yet be stolen), because `mir_promoted()`, which steals
-    // from `mir_const(), forces this query to execute before
+    // from `mir_const()`, forces this query to execute before
     // performing the steal.
     let body = &tcx.mir_const(def).borrow();
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lower_slice_len.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lower_slice_len.rs
index 2f02d00ec9f..c6e7468aab4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lower_slice_len.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lower_slice_len.rs
@@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ fn lower_slice_len_call<'tcx>(
                 ty::FnDef(fn_def_id, _) if fn_def_id == &slice_len_fn_item_def_id => {
                     // perform modifications
                     // from something like `_5 = core::slice::<impl [u8]>::len(move _6) -> bb1`
-                    // into `_5 = Len(*_6)
+                    // into:
+                    // ```
+                    // _5 = Len(*_6)
                     // goto bb1
+                    // ```
 
                     // make new RValue for Len
                     let deref_arg = tcx.mk_place_deref(arg);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr_wrapper.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr_wrapper.rs
index dbd3b76786f..b0ab0f10624 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr_wrapper.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr_wrapper.rs
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ impl ToAttrTokenStream for LazyAttrTokenStreamImpl {
             // Process the replace ranges, starting from the highest start
             // position and working our way back. If have tokens like:
             //
-            // `#[cfg(FALSE)]` struct Foo { #[cfg(FALSE)] field: bool }`
+            // `#[cfg(FALSE)] struct Foo { #[cfg(FALSE)] field: bool }`
             //
             // Then we will generate replace ranges for both
             // the `#[cfg(FALSE)] field: bool` and the entire
-            // `#[cfg(FALSE)]` struct Foo { #[cfg(FALSE)] field: bool }`
+            // `#[cfg(FALSE)] struct Foo { #[cfg(FALSE)] field: bool }`
             //
             // By starting processing from the replace range with the greatest
             // start position, we ensure that any replace range which encloses
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
index b1b79fe4e05..da82e4724d1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ impl TokenCursor {
             num_of_hashes = cmp::max(num_of_hashes, count);
         }
 
-        // `/// foo` becomes `doc = r"foo".
+        // `/// foo` becomes `doc = r"foo"`.
         let delim_span = DelimSpan::from_single(span);
         let body = TokenTree::Delimited(
             delim_span,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/hir_stats.rs b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/hir_stats.rs
index 51a19c8e3c0..5e2d2d3e5a7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/hir_stats.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/hir_stats.rs
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ impl<'v> ast_visit::Visitor<'v> for StatCollector<'v> {
     }
 
     // `UseTree` has one inline use (in `ast::ItemKind::Use`) and one
-    // non-inline use (in `ast::UseTreeKind::Nested). The former case is more
+    // non-inline use (in `ast::UseTreeKind::Nested`). The former case is more
     // common, so we don't implement `visit_use_tree` and tolerate the missed
     // coverage in the latter case.
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/liveness/rwu_table.rs b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/liveness/rwu_table.rs
index 6d5983f53dc..053bf5c234a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/liveness/rwu_table.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/liveness/rwu_table.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub(super) struct RWU {
 }
 
 /// Conceptually, this is like a `Vec<Vec<RWU>>`. But the number of
-/// RWU`s can get very large, so it uses a more compact representation.
+/// RWU's can get very large, so it uses a more compact representation.
 pub(super) struct RWUTable {
     /// Total number of live nodes.
     live_nodes: usize,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/on_disk_cache.rs b/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/on_disk_cache.rs
index 70c481fb0ee..46e34462cf2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/on_disk_cache.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/on_disk_cache.rs
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ impl<'sess> rustc_middle::ty::OnDiskCache<'sess> for OnDiskCache<'sess> {
                 },
             );
 
-            // `Encode the file footer.
+            // Encode the file footer.
             let footer_pos = encoder.position() as u64;
             encoder.encode_tagged(
                 TAG_FILE_FOOTER,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/ident.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/ident.rs
index ba7f04239c3..52f0b65fad6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/ident.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/ident.rs
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Resolver<'a, 'tcx> {
     /// This is a variation of `fn resolve_ident_in_lexical_scope` that can be run during
     /// expansion and import resolution (perhaps they can be merged in the future).
     /// The function is used for resolving initial segments of macro paths (e.g., `foo` in
-    /// `foo::bar!(); or `foo!();`) and also for import paths on 2018 edition.
+    /// `foo::bar!();` or `foo!();`) and also for import paths on 2018 edition.
     #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(self, scope_set))]
     pub(crate) fn early_resolve_ident_in_lexical_scope(
         &mut self,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late/diagnostics.rs
index 36415936bdc..b8ddc455257 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late/diagnostics.rs
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ impl<'a: 'ast, 'ast, 'tcx> LateResolutionVisitor<'a, '_, 'ast, 'tcx> {
         );
         let is_assoc_fn = self.self_type_is_available();
         if let Some((fn_kind, span)) = &self.diagnostic_metadata.current_function {
-            // The current function has a `self' parameter, but we were unable to resolve
+            // The current function has a `self` parameter, but we were unable to resolve
             // a reference to `self`. This can only happen if the `self` identifier we
             // are resolving came from a different hygiene context.
             if fn_kind.decl().inputs.get(0).map_or(false, |p| p.is_self()) {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
index 52fd9fc6afb..d4e4ace889b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
@@ -2792,7 +2792,7 @@ pub enum PpMode {
     HirTree,
     /// `-Zunpretty=thir-tree`
     ThirTree,
-    /// `-Zunpretty=`thir-flat`
+    /// `-Zunpretty=thir-flat`
     ThirFlat,
     /// `-Zunpretty=mir`
     Mir,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/def_id.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/def_id.rs
index 2340d501d5a..162c15574b5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/def_id.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/def_id.rs
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ impl<D: Decoder> Decodable<D> for DefIndex {
 pub struct DefId {
     // cfg-ing the order of fields so that the `DefIndex` which is high entropy always ends up in
     // the lower bits no matter the endianness. This allows the compiler to turn that `Hash` impl
-    // into a direct call to 'u64::hash(_)`.
+    // into a direct call to `u64::hash(_)`.
     #[cfg(not(all(target_pointer_width = "64", target_endian = "big")))]
     pub index: DefIndex,
     pub krate: CrateNum,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/symbol.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/symbol.rs
index fb579e4ff77..6272bf7f25e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/symbol.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/symbol.rs
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ impl Interner {
         let name = Symbol::new(inner.strings.len() as u32);
 
         // SAFETY: we convert from `&str` to `&[u8]`, clone it into the arena,
-        // and immediately convert the clone back to `&[u8], all because there
+        // and immediately convert the clone back to `&[u8]`, all because there
         // is no `inner.arena.alloc_str()` method. This is clearly safe.
         let string: &str =
             unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(inner.arena.alloc_slice(string.as_bytes())) };
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/project.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/project.rs
index 013db2edb39..870ecc2a970 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/project.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/project.rs
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ fn opt_normalize_projection_type<'a, 'b, 'tcx>(
 /// paths you want to take. To make things worse, it was possible for
 /// cycles to arise, where you basically had a setup like `<MyType<$0>
 /// as Trait>::Foo == $0`. Here, normalizing `<MyType<$0> as
-/// Trait>::Foo> to `[type error]` would lead to an obligation of
+/// Trait>::Foo>` to `[type error]` would lead to an obligation of
 /// `<MyType<[type error]> as Trait>::Foo`. We are supposed to report
 /// an error for this obligation, but we legitimately should not,
 /// because it contains `[type error]`. Yuck! (See issue #29857 for
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/select/candidate_assembly.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/select/candidate_assembly.rs
index 4ad13dcb645..e91057356a2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/select/candidate_assembly.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/select/candidate_assembly.rs
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> SelectionContext<'cx, 'tcx> {
 
         // Essentially any user-written impl will match with an error type,
         // so creating `ImplCandidates` isn't useful. However, we might
-        // end up finding a candidate elsewhere (e.g. a `BuiltinCandidate` for `Sized)
+        // end up finding a candidate elsewhere (e.g. a `BuiltinCandidate` for `Sized`)
         // This helps us avoid overflow: see issue #72839
         // Since compilation is already guaranteed to fail, this is just
         // to try to show the 'nicest' possible errors to the user.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/select/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/select/mod.rs
index 01c1ad3a4ce..4377de15829 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/select/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/select/mod.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ struct TraitObligationStack<'prev, 'tcx> {
     /// you don't want to cache that `B: AutoTrait` or `A: AutoTrait`
     /// is `EvaluatedToOk`; this is because they were only considered
     /// ok on the premise that if `A: AutoTrait` held, but we indeed
-    /// encountered a problem (later on) with `A: AutoTrait. So we
+    /// encountered a problem (later on) with `A: AutoTrait`. So we
     /// currently set a flag on the stack node for `B: AutoTrait` (as
     /// well as the second instance of `A: AutoTrait`) to suppress
     /// caching.
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> SelectionContext<'cx, 'tcx> {
                             // Otherwise, we can say that `T: NonAutoTrait` is
                             // true.
                             // Let's imagine we have a predicate stack like
-                            //         `Foo: Bar -> WF(T) -> T: NonAutoTrait -> T: Auto
+                            //         `Foo: Bar -> WF(T) -> T: NonAutoTrait -> T: Auto`
                             // depth   ^1                    ^2                 ^3
                             // and the current predicate is `WF(T)`. `wf_args`
                             // would contain `(T, 1)`. We want to check all