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diff --git a/library/std/src/primitive_docs.rs b/library/std/src/primitive_docs.rs
index 331714a993c..6f78811a186 100644
--- a/library/std/src/primitive_docs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/primitive_docs.rs
@@ -587,8 +587,10 @@ mod prim_pointer {}
 /// There are two syntactic forms for creating an array:
 ///
 /// * A list with each element, i.e., `[x, y, z]`.
-/// * A repeat expression `[x; N]`, which produces an array with `N` copies of `x`.
-///   The type of `x` must be [`Copy`].
+/// * A repeat expression `[expr; N]` where `N` is how many times to repeat `expr` in the array. `expr` must either be:
+///
+///   * A value of a type implementing the [`Copy`] trait
+///   * A `const` value
 ///
 /// Note that `[expr; 0]` is allowed, and produces an empty array.
 /// This will still evaluate `expr`, however, and immediately drop the resulting value, so
@@ -1493,11 +1495,13 @@ mod prim_ref {}
 /// However, a direct cast back is not possible. You need to use `transmute`:
 ///
 /// ```rust
+/// # #[cfg(not(miri))] { // FIXME: use strict provenance APIs once they are stable, then remove this `cfg`
 /// # let fnptr: fn(i32) -> i32 = |x| x+2;
 /// # let fnptr_addr = fnptr as usize;
 /// let fnptr = fnptr_addr as *const ();
 /// let fnptr: fn(i32) -> i32 = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(fnptr) };
 /// assert_eq!(fnptr(40), 42);
+/// # }
 /// ```
 ///
 /// Crucially, we `as`-cast to a raw pointer before `transmute`ing to a function pointer.