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-rw-r--r--library/core/src/macros/panic.md4
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diff --git a/library/core/src/macros/panic.md b/library/core/src/macros/panic.md
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+++ b/library/core/src/macros/panic.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ tests. `panic!` is closely tied with the `unwrap` method of both
 `panic!` when they are set to [`None`] or [`Err`] variants.
 
 This macro is used to inject panic into a Rust thread, causing the thread to
-panic entirely. This macro panics with a string and uses the [`format!`] syntax
-for building the message.
+panic entirely. The string built by this macro (using the [`format!`] syntax
+for building the actual message) is printed to `stderr`.
 
 Each thread's panic can be reaped as the [`Box`]`<`[`Any`]`>` type,
 which contains either a `&str` or `String` for regular `panic!()` invocations.