diff --git a/src/libcore/num/mod.rs b/src/libcore/num/mod.rs
index 9142b386fe85..a750731e0c94 100644
--- a/src/libcore/num/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/num/mod.rs
@@ -2331,11 +2331,11 @@ impl u8 {
     /// let lowercase_a = 97u8;
     /// let uppercase_a = 65u8;
     ///
-    /// assert!(lowercase_a.eq_ignore_ascii_case(uppercase_a));
+    /// assert!(lowercase_a.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&uppercase_a));
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "ascii_methods_on_intrinsics", since = "1.21.0")]
     #[inline]
-    pub fn eq_ignore_ascii_case(&self, other: u8) -> bool {
+    pub fn eq_ignore_ascii_case(&self, other: &u8) -> bool {
         self.to_ascii_lowercase() == other.to_ascii_lowercase()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/ascii.rs b/src/libstd/ascii.rs
index 8ddc75868ac7..327deb9b419b 100644
--- a/src/libstd/ascii.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/ascii.rs
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ impl AsciiExt for [u8] {
     #[inline]
     fn eq_ignore_ascii_case(&self, other: &[u8]) -> bool {
         self.len() == other.len() &&
-        self.iter().zip(other).all(|(a, &b)| {
+        self.iter().zip(other).all(|(a, b)| {
             a.eq_ignore_ascii_case(b)
         })
     }