diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
index fc70dec16f618..d09cdb44e0837 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *const T {
     /// # use std::mem::align_of;
     /// # unsafe {
     /// let x = [5u8, 6u8, 7u8, 8u8, 9u8];
-    /// let ptr = &x[n] as *const u8;
+    /// let ptr = x.as_ptr().add(n) as *const u8;
     /// let offset = ptr.align_offset(align_of::<u16>());
     /// if offset < x.len() - n - 1 {
     ///     let u16_ptr = ptr.add(offset) as *const u16;
diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
index 2d25f21e55c76..537aa20bf1dbc 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
     /// # use std::mem::align_of;
     /// # unsafe {
     /// let x = [5u8, 6u8, 7u8, 8u8, 9u8];
-    /// let ptr = &x[n] as *const u8;
+    /// let ptr = x.as_ptr().add(n) as *const u8;
     /// let offset = ptr.align_offset(align_of::<u16>());
     /// if offset < x.len() - n - 1 {
     ///     let u16_ptr = ptr.add(offset) as *const u16;