Mention that the panic hook will always run

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstd/panic.rs b/src/libstd/panic.rs
index a2c6e79fb92..3b170dc9c6d 100644
--- a/src/libstd/panic.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/panic.rs
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ pub fn recover<F: FnOnce() -> R + UnwindSafe, R>(f: F) -> Result<R> {
     catch_unwind(f)
 }
 
-/// Triggers a panic without invoking the panic handler.
+/// Triggers a panic without invoking the panic hook.
 ///
 /// This is designed to be used in conjunction with `catch_unwind` to, for
 /// example, carry a panic across a layer of C code.
diff --git a/src/libstd/panicking.rs b/src/libstd/panicking.rs
index b85d4b330a6..3ad330e79fa 100644
--- a/src/libstd/panicking.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/panicking.rs
@@ -75,10 +75,11 @@ static FIRST_PANIC: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(true);
 
 /// Registers a custom panic hook, replacing any that was previously registered.
 ///
-/// The panic hook is invoked when a thread panics, but before it begins
-/// unwinding the stack. The default hook prints a message to standard error
-/// and generates a backtrace if requested, but this behavior can be customized
-/// with the `set_hook` and `take_hook` functions.
+/// The panic hook is invoked when a thread panics, but before the panic runtime
+/// is invoked. As such, the hook will run with both the aborting and unwinding
+/// runtimes. The default hook prints a message to standard error and generates
+/// a backtrace if requested, but this behavior can be customized with the
+/// `set_hook` and `take_hook` functions.
 ///
 /// The hook is provided with a `PanicInfo` struct which contains information
 /// about the origin of the panic, including the payload passed to `panic!` and