diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/concurrency.md b/src/doc/trpl/concurrency.md
index 7b3f13a3ed2..cc6cfc2f4a0 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/concurrency.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/concurrency.md
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ languages. It will not compile:
 
 ```ignore
 use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 fn main() {
     let mut data = vec![1, 2, 3];
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ fn main() {
         });
     }
 
-    thread::sleep_ms(50);
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
 }
 ```
 
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ indivisible operations which can't have data races.
 ```ignore
 use std::thread;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 fn main() {
     let mut data = Arc::new(vec![1, 2, 3]);
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ fn main() {
         });
     }
 
-    thread::sleep_ms(50);
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
 }
 ```
 
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ Here's the working version:
 ```rust
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 fn main() {
     let data = Arc::new(Mutex::new(vec![1, 2, 3]));
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ fn main() {
         });
     }
 
-    thread::sleep_ms(50);
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
 }
 ```
 
@@ -241,6 +244,7 @@ Let's examine the body of the thread more closely:
 ```rust
 # use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 # use std::thread;
+# use std::time::Duration;
 # fn main() {
 #     let data = Arc::new(Mutex::new(vec![1, 2, 3]));
 #     for i in 0..3 {
@@ -250,7 +254,7 @@ thread::spawn(move || {
     data[i] += 1;
 });
 #     }
-#     thread::sleep_ms(50);
+#     thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
 # }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/dining-philosophers.md b/src/doc/trpl/dining-philosophers.md
index e81ae4648ad..5f66a5b9e29 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/dining-philosophers.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/dining-philosophers.md
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ eat. Here’s the next version:
 
 ```rust
 use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 struct Philosopher {
     name: String,
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ impl Philosopher {
     fn eat(&self) {
         println!("{} is eating.", self.name);
 
-        thread::sleep_ms(1000);
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000));
 
         println!("{} is done eating.", self.name);
     }
@@ -313,13 +314,13 @@ from the standard library, and so we need to `use` it.
     fn eat(&self) {
         println!("{} is eating.", self.name);
 
-        thread::sleep_ms(1000);
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000));
 
         println!("{} is done eating.", self.name);
     }
 ```
 
-We now print out two messages, with a `sleep_ms()` in the middle. This will
+We now print out two messages, with a `sleep` in the middle. This will
 simulate the time it takes a philosopher to eat.
 
 If you run this program, you should see each philosopher eat in turn:
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ Here’s the next iteration:
 
 ```rust
 use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 struct Philosopher {
     name: String,
@@ -360,7 +362,7 @@ impl Philosopher {
     fn eat(&self) {
         println!("{} is eating.", self.name);
 
-        thread::sleep_ms(1000);
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000));
 
         println!("{} is done eating.", self.name);
     }
@@ -493,6 +495,7 @@ Let’s modify the program to use the `Table`:
 
 ```rust
 use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use std::sync::{Mutex, Arc};
 
 struct Philosopher {
@@ -512,12 +515,12 @@ impl Philosopher {
 
     fn eat(&self, table: &Table) {
         let _left = table.forks[self.left].lock().unwrap();
-        thread::sleep_ms(150);
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(150));
         let _right = table.forks[self.right].lock().unwrap();
 
         println!("{} is eating.", self.name);
 
-        thread::sleep_ms(1000);
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000));
 
         println!("{} is done eating.", self.name);
     }
@@ -598,12 +601,12 @@ We now need to construct those `left` and `right` values, so we add them to
 ```rust,ignore
 fn eat(&self, table: &Table) {
     let _left = table.forks[self.left].lock().unwrap();
-    thread::sleep_ms(150);
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(150));
     let _right = table.forks[self.right].lock().unwrap();
 
     println!("{} is eating.", self.name);
 
-    thread::sleep_ms(1000);
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000));
 
     println!("{} is done eating.", self.name);
 }
@@ -614,8 +617,8 @@ We have three new lines. We’ve added an argument, `table`. We access the
 the fork at that particular index. That gives us access to the `Mutex` at that
 index, and we call `lock()` on it. If the mutex is currently being accessed by
 someone else, we’ll block until it becomes available. We have also a call to
-`thread::sleep_ms` between the moment first fork is picked and the moment the
-second forked is picked, as the process  of picking up the fork is not
+`thread::sleep` between the moment the first fork is picked and the moment the
+second forked is picked, as the process of picking up the fork is not
 immediate.
 
 The call to `lock()` might fail, and if it does, we want to crash. In this