1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/libcore/macros.rs b/src/libcore/macros.rs
index f56206e8782..c2860d43511 100644
--- a/src/libcore/macros.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/macros.rs
@@ -100,10 +100,12 @@ macro_rules! assert_eq {
 /// This will invoke the `panic!` macro if the provided expression cannot be
 /// evaluated to `true` at runtime.
 ///
-/// Unlike `assert!`, `debug_assert!` statements can be disabled by passing
-/// `--cfg ndebug` to the compiler. This makes `debug_assert!` useful for
-/// checks that are too expensive to be present in a release build but may be
-/// helpful during development.
+/// Unlike `assert!`, `debug_assert!` statements are only enabled in non
+/// optimized builds by default. An optimized build will omit all
+/// `debug_assert!` statements unless `-C debug-assertions` is passed to the
+/// compiler. This makes `debug_assert!` useful for checks that are too
+/// expensive to be present in a release build but may be helpful during
+/// development.
 ///
 /// # Example
 ///
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ macro_rules! assert_eq {
 #[macro_export]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 macro_rules! debug_assert {
-    ($($arg:tt)*) => (if cfg!(not(ndebug)) { assert!($($arg)*); })
+    ($($arg:tt)*) => (if cfg!(debug_assertions) { assert!($($arg)*); })
 }
 
 /// Asserts that two expressions are equal to each other, testing equality in
@@ -133,10 +135,12 @@ macro_rules! debug_assert {
 ///
 /// On panic, this macro will print the values of the expressions.
 ///
-/// Unlike `assert_eq!`, `debug_assert_eq!` statements can be disabled by
-/// passing `--cfg ndebug` to the compiler. This makes `debug_assert_eq!`
-/// useful for checks that are too expensive to be present in a release build
-/// but may be helpful during development.
+/// Unlike `assert_eq!`, `debug_assert_eq!` statements are only enabled in non
+/// optimized builds by default. An optimized build will omit all
+/// `debug_assert_eq!` statements unless `-C debug-assertions` is passed to the
+/// compiler. This makes `debug_assert_eq!` useful for checks that are too
+/// expensive to be present in a release build but may be helpful during
+/// development.
 ///
 /// # Example
 ///
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ macro_rules! debug_assert {
 /// ```
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! debug_assert_eq {
-    ($($arg:tt)*) => (if cfg!(not(ndebug)) { assert_eq!($($arg)*); })
+    ($($arg:tt)*) => (if cfg!(debug_assertions) { assert_eq!($($arg)*); })
 }
 
 /// Short circuiting evaluation on Err