diff --git a/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs b/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs
index 78c85c0af644..16313da8e178 100644
--- a/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ impl Builder {
 /// (It is the responsibility of the program to either eventually join threads it
 /// creates or detach them; otherwise, a resource leak will result.)
 ///
-/// This function creates a thread with the default parameters. To specify the
-/// new thread's stack size or the name, use [`Builder::spawn`].
+/// This function creates a thread with the default parameters of [`Builder`].
+/// To specify the new thread's stack size or the name, use [`Builder::spawn`].
 ///
 /// As you can see in the signature of `spawn` there are two constraints on
 /// both the closure given to `spawn` and its return value, let's explain them:
diff --git a/library/std/src/thread/scoped.rs b/library/std/src/thread/scoped.rs
index 2368ce4988d8..75a5303fc321 100644
--- a/library/std/src/thread/scoped.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/thread/scoped.rs
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ impl<'scope, 'env> Scope<'scope, 'env> {
     /// end of the scope. In that case, if the spawned thread panics, [`scope`] will
     /// panic after all threads are joined.
     ///
-    /// This function creates a thread with the default parameters. To specify the
-    /// new thread's stack size or the name, use [`Builder::spawn_scoped`].
+    /// This function creates a thread with the default parameters of [`Builder`].
+    /// To specify the new thread's stack size or the name, use [`Builder::spawn_scoped`].
     ///
     /// # Panics
     ///