diff --git a/library/core/src/fmt/rt.rs b/library/core/src/fmt/rt.rs
index eee4a9e4c6c..af6f0da88de 100644
--- a/library/core/src/fmt/rt.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/fmt/rt.rs
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ pub struct Argument<'a> {
 }
 
 #[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ArgumentMethods"]
-impl<'a> Argument<'a> {
+impl Argument<'_> {
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn new<'b, T>(x: &'b T, f: fn(&T, &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result) -> Argument<'b> {
+    fn new<'a, T>(x: &'a T, f: fn(&T, &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result) -> Argument<'a> {
         Argument {
-            // INVARIANT: this creates an `ArgumentType<'b>` from a `&'b T` and
+            // INVARIANT: this creates an `ArgumentType<'a>` from a `&'a T` and
             // a `fn(&T, ...)`, so the invariant is maintained.
             ty: ArgumentType::Placeholder {
                 value: NonNull::from(x).cast(),
@@ -110,43 +110,43 @@ fn new<'b, T>(x: &'b T, f: fn(&T, &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result) -> Argument<'b>
     }
 
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_display<'b, T: Display>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_display<T: Display>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, Display::fmt)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_debug<'b, T: Debug>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_debug<T: Debug>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, Debug::fmt)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_debug_noop<'b, T: Debug>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_debug_noop<T: Debug>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, |_, _| Ok(()))
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_octal<'b, T: Octal>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_octal<T: Octal>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, Octal::fmt)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_lower_hex<'b, T: LowerHex>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_lower_hex<T: LowerHex>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, LowerHex::fmt)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_upper_hex<'b, T: UpperHex>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_upper_hex<T: UpperHex>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, UpperHex::fmt)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_pointer<'b, T: Pointer>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_pointer<T: Pointer>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, Pointer::fmt)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_binary<'b, T: Binary>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_binary<T: Binary>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, Binary::fmt)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_lower_exp<'b, T: LowerExp>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_lower_exp<T: LowerExp>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, LowerExp::fmt)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn new_upper_exp<'b, T: UpperExp>(x: &'b T) -> Argument<'b> {
+    pub fn new_upper_exp<T: UpperExp>(x: &T) -> Argument<'_> {
         Self::new(x, UpperExp::fmt)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
diff --git a/tests/ui/closures/issue-111932.stderr b/tests/ui/closures/issue-111932.stderr
index ff46b10d005..93488ad2011 100644
--- a/tests/ui/closures/issue-111932.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/closures/issue-111932.stderr
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ LL |         println!("{:?}", foo);
    |                   required by a bound introduced by this call
    |
    = help: the trait `Sized` is not implemented for `dyn Foo`
-note: required by an implicit `Sized` bound in `core::fmt::rt::Argument::<'a>::new_debug`
+note: required by an implicit `Sized` bound in `core::fmt::rt::Argument::<'_>::new_debug`
   --> $SRC_DIR/core/src/fmt/rt.rs:LL:COL
    = note: this error originates in the macro `$crate::format_args_nl` which comes from the expansion of the macro `println` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/const-generics/infer/issue-77092.stderr b/tests/ui/const-generics/infer/issue-77092.stderr
index 9a6374a2adc..4ab80cec58d 100644
--- a/tests/ui/const-generics/infer/issue-77092.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/const-generics/infer/issue-77092.stderr
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LL |         println!("{:?}", take_array_from_mut(&mut arr, i));
    = note: required for `[i32; _]` to implement `Debug`
    = note: 1 redundant requirement hidden
    = note: required for `&mut [i32; _]` to implement `Debug`
-note: required by a bound in `core::fmt::rt::Argument::<'a>::new_debug`
+note: required by a bound in `core::fmt::rt::Argument::<'_>::new_debug`
   --> $SRC_DIR/core/src/fmt/rt.rs:LL:COL
 help: consider specifying the generic arguments
    |
diff --git a/tests/ui/fmt/ifmt-unimpl.stderr b/tests/ui/fmt/ifmt-unimpl.stderr
index a22bba07c02..f83e7c87728 100644
--- a/tests/ui/fmt/ifmt-unimpl.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/fmt/ifmt-unimpl.stderr
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ LL |     format!("{:X}", "3");
              i32
            and 9 others
    = note: required for `&str` to implement `UpperHex`
-note: required by a bound in `core::fmt::rt::Argument::<'a>::new_upper_hex`
+note: required by a bound in `core::fmt::rt::Argument::<'_>::new_upper_hex`
   --> $SRC_DIR/core/src/fmt/rt.rs:LL:COL
    = note: this error originates in the macro `$crate::__export::format_args` which comes from the expansion of the macro `format` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)