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-rw-r--r--src/liballoc/rc.rs5
-rw-r--r--src/liballoc/slice.rs16
-rw-r--r--src/liballoc/sync.rs5
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/liballoc/rc.rs b/src/liballoc/rc.rs
index 12c19912662..3ca6de191de 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/rc.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/rc.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 //!
 //! `Rc<T>` automatically dereferences to `T` (via the [`Deref`] trait),
 //! so you can call `T`'s methods on a value of type [`Rc<T>`][`Rc`]. To avoid name
-//! clashes with `T`'s methods, the methods of [`Rc<T>`][`Rc`] itself are [associated
-//! functions][assoc], called using function-like syntax:
+//! clashes with `T`'s methods, the methods of [`Rc<T>`][`Rc`] itself are associated
+//! functions, called using function-like syntax:
 //!
 //! ```
 //! use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@
 //! [downgrade]: struct.Rc.html#method.downgrade
 //! [upgrade]: struct.Weak.html#method.upgrade
 //! [`None`]: ../../std/option/enum.Option.html#variant.None
-//! [assoc]: ../../book/first-edition/method-syntax.html#associated-functions
 //! [mutability]: ../../std/cell/index.html#introducing-mutability-inside-of-something-immutable
 
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
diff --git a/src/liballoc/slice.rs b/src/liballoc/slice.rs
index 1eaff7410ea..22da9dd6e96 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/slice.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/slice.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,22 @@ impl<T> [T] {
     ///
     /// This sort is stable (i.e. does not reorder equal elements) and `O(n log n)` worst-case.
     ///
+    /// The comparator function must define a total ordering for the elements in the slice. If
+    /// the ordering is not total, the order of the elements is unspecified. An order is a
+    /// total order if it is (for all a, b and c):
+    ///
+    /// * total and antisymmetric: exactly one of a < b, a == b or a > b is true; and
+    /// * transitive, a < b and b < c implies a < c. The same must hold for both == and >.
+    ///
+    /// For example, while [`f64`] doesn't implement [`Ord`] because `NaN != NaN`, we can use
+    /// `partial_cmp` as our sort function when we know the slice doesn't contain a `NaN`.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// let mut floats = [5f64, 4.0, 1.0, 3.0, 2.0];
+    /// floats.sort_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap());
+    /// assert_eq!(floats, [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0]);
+    /// ```
+    ///
     /// When applicable, unstable sorting is preferred because it is generally faster than stable
     /// sorting and it doesn't allocate auxiliary memory.
     /// See [`sort_unstable_by`](#method.sort_unstable_by).
diff --git a/src/liballoc/sync.rs b/src/liballoc/sync.rs
index b63b3684964..4f4031e3c4e 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/sync.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/sync.rs
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ const MAX_REFCOUNT: usize = (isize::MAX) as usize;
 ///
 /// `Arc<T>` automatically dereferences to `T` (via the [`Deref`][deref] trait),
 /// so you can call `T`'s methods on a value of type `Arc<T>`. To avoid name
-/// clashes with `T`'s methods, the methods of `Arc<T>` itself are [associated
-/// functions][assoc], called using function-like syntax:
+/// clashes with `T`'s methods, the methods of `Arc<T>` itself are associated
+/// functions, called using function-like syntax:
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ const MAX_REFCOUNT: usize = (isize::MAX) as usize;
 /// [downgrade]: struct.Arc.html#method.downgrade
 /// [upgrade]: struct.Weak.html#method.upgrade
 /// [`None`]: ../../std/option/enum.Option.html#variant.None
-/// [assoc]: ../../book/first-edition/method-syntax.html#associated-functions
 /// [`RefCell<T>`]: ../../std/cell/struct.RefCell.html
 /// [`std::sync`]: ../../std/sync/index.html
 /// [`Arc::clone(&from)`]: #method.clone