diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/needs_drop.rs b/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/needs_drop.rs
index 1118671a679..67ccfe7e78a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/needs_drop.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/needs_drop.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct NeedsDropTypes<'tcx, F> {
     tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
     param_env: ty::ParamEnv<'tcx>,
     // Whether to reveal coroutine witnesses, this is set
-    // to `false` unless we compute `needs_drop` for a generator witness.
+    // to `false` unless we compute `needs_drop` for a coroutine witness.
     reveal_coroutine_witnesses: bool,
     query_ty: Ty<'tcx>,
     seen_tys: FxHashSet<Ty<'tcx>>,
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ fn next(&mut self) -> Option<NeedsDropResult<Ty<'tcx>>> {
                     // computed on MIR, while this very method is used to build MIR.
                     // To avoid cycles, we consider that coroutines always require drop.
                     //
-                    // HACK: Because we erase regions contained in the generator witness, we
+                    // HACK: Because we erase regions contained in the coroutine witness, we
                     // have to conservatively assume that every region captured by the
-                    // generator has to be live when dropped. This results in a lot of
+                    // coroutine has to be live when dropped. This results in a lot of
                     // undesirable borrowck errors. During borrowck, we call `needs_drop`
-                    // for the generator witness and check whether any of the contained types
+                    // for the coroutine witness and check whether any of the contained types
                     // need to be dropped, and only require the captured types to be live
                     // if they do.
                     ty::Coroutine(_, args, _) => {
diff --git a/tests/ui/dropck/coroutine-liveness-1.rs b/tests/ui/dropck/coroutine-liveness-1.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aea4d15ad90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/dropck/coroutine-liveness-1.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// check-pass
+// edition: 2021
+
+// regression test for #116242.
+use std::future;
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut recv = future::ready(());
+    let _combined_fut = async {
+        let _ = || read(&mut recv);
+    };
+
+    drop(recv);
+}
+
+fn read<F: future::Future>(_: &mut F) -> F::Output {
+    todo!()
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/dropck/coroutine-liveness-2.rs b/tests/ui/dropck/coroutine-liveness-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..416a073c6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/dropck/coroutine-liveness-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// check-pass
+// edition: 2021
+
+// regression test found while working on #117134.
+use std::future;
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut recv = future::ready(());
+    let _combined_fut = async {
+        let _ = || read(&mut recv);
+    };
+
+    let _uwu = (String::new(), _combined_fut);
+    // Dropping a coroutine as part of a more complex
+    // types should not add unnecessary liveness
+    // constraints.
+
+    drop(recv);
+}
+
+fn read<F: future::Future>(_: &mut F) -> F::Output {
+    todo!()
+}