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-rw-r--r--src/libstd/sync/mutex.rs5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/sync/mutex.rs b/src/libstd/sync/mutex.rs
index 6625d4659dc..37c8125b098 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sync/mutex.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sync/mutex.rs
@@ -108,9 +108,8 @@ use crate::sys_common::poison::{self, LockResult, TryLockError, TryLockResult};
 /// *guard += 1;
 /// ```
 ///
-/// It is sometimes necessary to manually drop the mutex
-/// guard to unlock it as soon as possible. If you need the resource until the end of
-/// the scope, this is not needed.
+/// It is sometimes necessary to manually drop the mutex guard
+/// to unlock it sooner than the end of the enclosing scope.
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};