diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e8a2627557e..0a4f83ffee62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ name
 [match_overlapping_arm](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#match_overlapping_arm)                       | warn    | a match has overlapping arms
 [match_ref_pats](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#match_ref_pats)                                     | warn    | a match or `if let` has all arms prefixed with `&`; the match expression can be dereferenced instead
 [match_same_arms](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#match_same_arms)                                   | warn    | `match` with identical arm bodies
-[mem_forget](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mem_forget)                                             | allow   | `std::mem::forget` usage is likely to cause memory leaks
+[mem_forget](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mem_forget)                                             | allow   | `mem::forget` usage is likely to cause memory leaks
 [min_max](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#min_max)                                                   | warn    | `min(_, max(_, _))` (or vice versa) with bounds clamping the result to a constant
 [modulo_one](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#modulo_one)                                             | warn    | taking a number modulo 1, which always returns 0
 [mut_mut](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mut_mut)                                                   | allow   | usage of double-mut refs, e.g. `&mut &mut ...` (either copy'n'paste error, or shows a fundamental misunderstanding of references)
diff --git a/src/mem_forget.rs b/src/mem_forget.rs
index 651e56d709f4..d857adf10d65 100644
--- a/src/mem_forget.rs
+++ b/src/mem_forget.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ use utils::{match_def_path, paths, span_lint};
 ///
 /// **Known problems:** None.
 ///
-/// **Example:** `std::mem::forget(_))`
+/// **Example:** `mem::forget(_))`
 declare_lint! {
     pub MEM_FORGET,
     Allow,
-    "`std::mem::forget` usage is likely to cause memory leaks"
+    "`mem::forget` usage is likely to cause memory leaks"
 }
 
 pub struct MemForget;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl LateLintPass for MemForget {
                 let def_id = cx.tcx.def_map.borrow()[&path_expr.id].def_id();
 
                 if match_def_path(cx, def_id, &paths::MEM_FORGET) {
-                    span_lint(cx, MEM_FORGET, e.span, "usage of std::mem::forget");
+                    span_lint(cx, MEM_FORGET, e.span, "usage of mem::forget");
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/mem_forget.rs b/tests/compile-fail/mem_forget.rs
index 1b9cc810f968..5198b4ea8d3a 100644
--- a/tests/compile-fail/mem_forget.rs
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/mem_forget.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ use std::mem as memstuff;
 fn main() {
     let five: i32 = 5;
     forgetSomething(five);
-    //~^ ERROR usage of std::mem::forget
+    //~^ ERROR usage of mem::forget
 
     let six: Arc<i32> = Arc::new(6);
     memstuff::forget(six);
-    //~^ ERROR usage of std::mem::forget
+    //~^ ERROR usage of mem::forget
 
     std::mem::forget(7);
-    //~^ ERROR usage of std::mem::forget
+    //~^ ERROR usage of mem::forget
 }