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-rw-r--r--src/libstd/sync/rwlock.rs8
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diff --git a/src/libstd/sync/rwlock.rs b/src/libstd/sync/rwlock.rs
index 48ecae185f9..f08b7641521 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sync/rwlock.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sync/rwlock.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> RwLock<T> {
     /// This function will return an error if the RwLock is poisoned. An RwLock
     /// is poisoned whenever a writer panics while holding an exclusive lock.
     /// The failure will occur immediately after the lock has been acquired.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// This function might panic when called if the lock is already held by the current thread.
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn read(&self) -> LockResult<RwLockReadGuard<T>> {
@@ -188,6 +192,10 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> RwLock<T> {
     /// This function will return an error if the RwLock is poisoned. An RwLock
     /// is poisoned whenever a writer panics while holding an exclusive lock.
     /// An error will be returned when the lock is acquired.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// This function might panic when called if the lock is already held by the current thread.
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn write(&self) -> LockResult<RwLockWriteGuard<T>> {