diff --git a/library/alloc/src/collections/binary_heap.rs b/library/alloc/src/collections/binary_heap.rs
index 197e7aaaccf..4583bc9a158 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/collections/binary_heap.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/collections/binary_heap.rs
@@ -1010,7 +1010,8 @@ pub fn try_reserve_exact(&mut self, additional: usize) -> Result<(), TryReserveE
     /// current length. The allocator may reserve more space to speculatively
     /// avoid frequent allocations. After calling `try_reserve`, capacity will be
     /// greater than or equal to `self.len() + additional` if it returns
-    /// `Ok(())`. Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient.
+    /// `Ok(())`. Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient. This method
+    /// preserves the contents even if an error occurs.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
diff --git a/library/alloc/src/collections/vec_deque/mod.rs b/library/alloc/src/collections/vec_deque/mod.rs
index 4d895d83745..41b6b6e4f52 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/collections/vec_deque/mod.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/collections/vec_deque/mod.rs
@@ -794,7 +794,8 @@ pub fn try_reserve_exact(&mut self, additional: usize) -> Result<(), TryReserveE
     /// in the given deque. The collection may reserve more space to speculatively avoid
     /// frequent reallocations. After calling `try_reserve`, capacity will be
     /// greater than or equal to `self.len() + additional` if it returns
-    /// `Ok(())`. Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient.
+    /// `Ok(())`. Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient. This method
+    /// preserves the contents even if an error occurs.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
diff --git a/library/alloc/src/string.rs b/library/alloc/src/string.rs
index a5118e5333b..dce0beb4fe7 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/string.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/string.rs
@@ -1080,7 +1080,8 @@ pub fn reserve_exact(&mut self, additional: usize) {
     /// current length. The allocator may reserve more space to speculatively
     /// avoid frequent allocations. After calling `try_reserve`, capacity will be
     /// greater than or equal to `self.len() + additional` if it returns
-    /// `Ok(())`. Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient.
+    /// `Ok(())`. Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient. This method
+    /// preserves the contents even if an error occurs.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
diff --git a/library/alloc/src/vec/mod.rs b/library/alloc/src/vec/mod.rs
index fa9f2131c0c..27027fa3a6f 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/vec/mod.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/vec/mod.rs
@@ -875,7 +875,8 @@ pub fn reserve_exact(&mut self, additional: usize) {
     /// in the given `Vec<T>`. The collection may reserve more space to speculatively avoid
     /// frequent reallocations. After calling `try_reserve`, capacity will be
     /// greater than or equal to `self.len() + additional` if it returns
-    /// `Ok(())`. Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient.
+    /// `Ok(())`. Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient. This method
+    /// preserves the contents even if an error occurs.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
diff --git a/library/std/src/ffi/os_str.rs b/library/std/src/ffi/os_str.rs
index a0a5c003d28..80ed34157e6 100644
--- a/library/std/src/ffi/os_str.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/ffi/os_str.rs
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ pub fn reserve(&mut self, additional: usize) {
     /// in the given `OsString`. The string may reserve more space to speculatively avoid
     /// frequent reallocations. After calling `try_reserve`, capacity will be
     /// greater than or equal to `self.len() + additional` if it returns `Ok(())`.
-    /// Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient.
+    /// Does nothing if capacity is already sufficient. This method preserves
+    /// the contents even if an error occurs.
     ///
     /// See the main `OsString` documentation information about encoding and capacity units.
     ///
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys_common/wtf8.rs b/library/std/src/sys_common/wtf8.rs
index 57fa4989358..33e20756163 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys_common/wtf8.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys_common/wtf8.rs
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ pub fn reserve(&mut self, additional: usize) {
     /// in the given `Wtf8Buf`. The `Wtf8Buf` may reserve more space to avoid
     /// frequent reallocations. After calling `try_reserve`, capacity will be
     /// greater than or equal to `self.len() + additional`. Does nothing if
-    /// capacity is already sufficient.
+    /// capacity is already sufficient. This method preserves the contents even
+    /// if an error occurs.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///