diff --git a/library/core/src/option.rs b/library/core/src/option.rs
index 699e04eff2b..39462dca4ff 100644
--- a/library/core/src/option.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/option.rs
@@ -106,11 +106,10 @@
 //!
 //! *It's much nicer!*
 //!
-//! Ending the expression with [`?`] will result in the unwrapped
-//! success ([`Some`]) value, unless the result is [`None`], in which case
-//! [`None`] is returned early from the enclosing function.
+//! Ending the expression with [`?`] will result in the [`Some`]'s unwrapped value, unless the
+//! result is [`None`], in which case [`None`] is returned early from the enclosing function.
 //!
-//! [`?`] can only be used in functions that return [`Option`] because of the
+//! [`?`] can be used in functions that return [`Option`] because of the
 //! early return of [`None`] that it provides.
 //!
 //! [`?`]: crate::ops::Try
diff --git a/library/core/src/result.rs b/library/core/src/result.rs
index 3f33c5fd6ca..f00c40f35d5 100644
--- a/library/core/src/result.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/result.rs
@@ -209,11 +209,10 @@
 //!
 //! *It's much nicer!*
 //!
-//! Ending the expression with [`?`] will result in the unwrapped
-//! success ([`Ok`]) value, unless the result is [`Err`], in which case
-//! [`Err`] is returned early from the enclosing function.
+//! Ending the expression with [`?`] will result in the [`Ok`]'s unwrapped value, unless the result
+//! is [`Err`], in which case [`Err`] is returned early from the enclosing function.
 //!
-//! [`?`] can only be used in functions that return [`Result`] because of the
+//! [`?`] can be used in functions that return [`Result`] because of the
 //! early return of [`Err`] that it provides.
 //!
 //! [`expect`]: Result::expect