diff --git a/serde/src/de/impls.rs b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
index 20652af3..672a23a5 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
@@ -470,7 +470,11 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for CString {
 }
 
 macro_rules! forwarded_impl {
-    (( $($id: ident),* ), $ty: ty, $func: expr) => {
+    (
+        $(#[doc = $doc:tt])*
+        ( $($id: ident),* ), $ty: ty, $func: expr
+    ) => {
+        $(#[doc = $doc])*
         impl<'de $(, $id : Deserialize<'de>,)*> Deserialize<'de> for $ty {
             fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
             where
@@ -1432,10 +1436,28 @@ forwarded_impl!((T), Box<[T]>, Vec::into_boxed_slice);
 forwarded_impl!((), Box<str>, String::into_boxed_str);
 
 #[cfg(all(not(feature = "unstable"), feature = "rc", any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
-forwarded_impl!((T), Arc<T>, Arc::new);
+forwarded_impl! {
+    /// This impl requires the [`"rc"`] Cargo feature of Serde.
+    ///
+    /// Deserializing a data structure containing `Arc` will not attempt to
+    /// deduplicate `Arc` references to the same data. Every deserialized `Arc`
+    /// will end up with a strong count of 1.
+    ///
+    /// [`"rc"`]: https://serde.rs/feature-flags.html#-features-rc
+    (T), Arc<T>, Arc::new
+}
 
 #[cfg(all(not(feature = "unstable"), feature = "rc", any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
-forwarded_impl!((T), Rc<T>, Rc::new);
+forwarded_impl! {
+    /// This impl requires the [`"rc"`] Cargo feature of Serde.
+    ///
+    /// Deserializing a data structure containing `Rc` will not attempt to
+    /// deduplicate `Rc` references to the same data. Every deserialized `Rc`
+    /// will end up with a strong count of 1.
+    ///
+    /// [`"rc"`]: https://serde.rs/feature-flags.html#-features-rc
+    (T), Rc<T>, Rc::new
+}
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc"))]
 impl<'de, 'a, T: ?Sized> Deserialize<'de> for Cow<'a, T>
@@ -1456,7 +1478,11 @@ where
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "unstable", feature = "rc", any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
 macro_rules! box_forwarded_impl {
-    ($t:ident) => {
+    (
+        $(#[doc = $doc:tt])*
+        $t:ident
+    ) => {
+        $(#[doc = $doc])*
         impl<'de, T: ?Sized> Deserialize<'de> for $t<T>
         where
             Box<T>: Deserialize<'de>,
@@ -1472,10 +1498,28 @@ macro_rules! box_forwarded_impl {
 }
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "unstable", feature = "rc", any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
-box_forwarded_impl!(Rc);
+box_forwarded_impl! {
+    /// This impl requires the [`"rc"`] Cargo feature of Serde.
+    ///
+    /// Deserializing a data structure containing `Rc` will not attempt to
+    /// deduplicate `Rc` references to the same data. Every deserialized `Rc`
+    /// will end up with a strong count of 1.
+    ///
+    /// [`"rc"`]: https://serde.rs/feature-flags.html#-features-rc
+    Rc
+}
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "unstable", feature = "rc", any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
-box_forwarded_impl!(Arc);
+box_forwarded_impl! {
+    /// This impl requires the [`"rc"`] Cargo feature of Serde.
+    ///
+    /// Deserializing a data structure containing `Arc` will not attempt to
+    /// deduplicate `Arc` references to the same data. Every deserialized `Arc`
+    /// will end up with a strong count of 1.
+    ///
+    /// [`"rc"`]: https://serde.rs/feature-flags.html#-features-rc
+    Arc
+}
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
diff --git a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
index fc6d99a0..225bdcc4 100644
--- a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
@@ -320,8 +320,12 @@ map_impl!(HashMap<K: Eq + Hash, V, H: BuildHasher>);
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 macro_rules! deref_impl {
-    ($($desc:tt)+) => {
-        impl $($desc)+ {
+    (
+        $(#[doc = $doc:tt])*
+        <$($desc:tt)+
+    ) => {
+        $(#[doc = $doc])*
+        impl <$($desc)+ {
             #[inline]
             fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
             where
@@ -340,10 +344,30 @@ deref_impl!(<'a, T: ?Sized> Serialize for &'a mut T where T: Serialize);
 deref_impl!(<T: ?Sized> Serialize for Box<T> where T: Serialize);
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
-deref_impl!(<T: ?Sized> Serialize for Rc<T> where T: Serialize);
+deref_impl! {
+    /// This impl requires the [`"rc"`] Cargo feature of Serde.
+    ///
+    /// Serializing a data structure containing `Rc` will serialize a copy of
+    /// the contents of the `Rc` each time the `Rc` is referenced within the
+    /// data structure. Serialization will not attempt to deduplicate these
+    /// repeated data.
+    ///
+    /// [`"rc"`]: https://serde.rs/feature-flags.html#-features-rc
+    <T: ?Sized> Serialize for Rc<T> where T: Serialize
+}
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
-deref_impl!(<T: ?Sized> Serialize for Arc<T> where T: Serialize);
+deref_impl! {
+    /// This impl requires the [`"rc"`] Cargo feature of Serde.
+    ///
+    /// Serializing a data structure containing `Arc` will serialize a copy of
+    /// the contents of the `Arc` each time the `Arc` is referenced within the
+    /// data structure. Serialization will not attempt to deduplicate these
+    /// repeated data.
+    ///
+    /// [`"rc"`]: https://serde.rs/feature-flags.html#-features-rc
+    <T: ?Sized> Serialize for Arc<T> where T: Serialize
+}
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc"))]
 deref_impl!(<'a, T: ?Sized> Serialize for Cow<'a, T> where T: Serialize + ToOwned);