diff --git a/library/core/src/cell.rs b/library/core/src/cell.rs
index 1c79cf6bfcb36..9b2015ddc7101 100644
--- a/library/core/src/cell.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/cell.rs
@@ -2172,16 +2172,16 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + fmt::Display> fmt::Display for RefMut<'_, T> {
 /// - If you create a safe reference with lifetime `'a` (either a `&T` or `&mut T` reference), then
 ///   you must not access the data in any way that contradicts that reference for the remainder of
 ///   `'a`. For example, this means that if you take the `*mut T` from an `UnsafeCell<T>` and cast it
-///   to an `&T`, then the data in `T` must remain immutable (modulo any `UnsafeCell` data found
+///   to a `&T`, then the data in `T` must remain immutable (modulo any `UnsafeCell` data found
 ///   within `T`, of course) until that reference's lifetime expires. Similarly, if you create a
-///   `&mut T` reference that is released to safe code, then you must not access the data within the
+///   `&mut T` reference, then you must not access the data within the
 ///   `UnsafeCell` until that reference expires.
 ///
 /// - For both `&T` without `UnsafeCell<_>` and `&mut T`, you must also not deallocate the data
-///   until the reference expires. As a special exception, given an `&T`, any part of it that is
+///   until the reference expires. As a special exception, given a `&T`, any part of it that is
 ///   inside an `UnsafeCell<_>` may be deallocated during the lifetime of the reference, after the
 ///   last time the reference is used (dereferenced or reborrowed). Since you cannot deallocate a part
-///   of what a reference points to, this means the memory an `&T` points to can be deallocated only if
+///   of what a reference points to, this means the memory a `&T` points to can be deallocated only if
 ///   *every part of it* (including padding) is inside an `UnsafeCell`.
 ///
 /// However, whenever a `&UnsafeCell<T>` is constructed or dereferenced, it must still point to
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + fmt::Display> fmt::Display for RefMut<'_, T> {
 /// 2. A `&mut T` reference may be released to safe code provided neither other `&mut T` nor `&T`
 ///    co-exist with it. A `&mut T` must always be unique.
 ///
-/// Note that whilst mutating the contents of an `&UnsafeCell<T>` (even while other
+/// Note that whilst mutating the contents of a `&UnsafeCell<T>` (even while other
 /// `&UnsafeCell<T>` references alias the cell) is
 /// ok (provided you enforce the above invariants some other way), it is still undefined behavior
 /// to have multiple `&mut UnsafeCell<T>` aliases. That is, `UnsafeCell` is a wrapper
@@ -2224,9 +2224,9 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + fmt::Display> fmt::Display for RefMut<'_, T> {
 /// thus this can cause distortions in the type size in these cases.
 ///
 /// Note that the only valid way to obtain a `*mut T` pointer to the contents of a
-/// _shared_ `UnsafeCell<T>` is through [`.get()`]  or [`.raw_get()`]. A `&mut T` reference
-/// can be obtained by either dereferencing this pointer or by calling [`.get_mut()`]
-/// on an _exclusive_ `UnsafeCell<T>`. Even though `T` and `UnsafeCell<T>` have the
+/// _shared_ `UnsafeCell<T>` is through [`.get()`]  or [`.raw_get()`]. A `&T` or `&mut T` reference
+/// can then be obtained from that pointer, as long as the aliasing rules outlined above are obeyed.
+/// Even though `T` and `UnsafeCell<T>` have the
 /// same memory layout, the following is not allowed and undefined behavior:
 ///
 /// ```rust,compile_fail
@@ -2421,9 +2421,9 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> UnsafeCell<T> {
 
     /// Gets a mutable pointer to the wrapped value.
     ///
-    /// This can be cast to a pointer of any kind. When creating references, you must uphold the
-    /// aliasing rules; see [the type-level docs][UnsafeCell#aliasing-rules] for more discussion and
-    /// caveats.
+    /// This can be cast to a pointer of any kind. When creating (shared or mutable) references, you
+    /// must uphold the aliasing rules; see [the type-level docs][UnsafeCell#aliasing-rules] for
+    /// more discussion and caveats.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -2473,9 +2473,9 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> UnsafeCell<T> {
     /// The difference from [`get`] is that this function accepts a raw pointer,
     /// which is useful to avoid the creation of temporary references.
     ///
-    /// This can be cast to a pointer of any kind. When creating references, you must uphold the
-    /// aliasing rules; see [the type-level docs][UnsafeCell#aliasing-rules] for more discussion and
-    /// caveats.
+    /// This can be cast to a pointer of any kind. When creating (shared or mutable) references, you
+    /// must uphold the aliasing rules; see [the type-level docs][UnsafeCell#aliasing-rules] for
+    /// more discussion and caveats.
     ///
     /// [`get`]: UnsafeCell::get()
     ///