diff --git a/src/libcore/hint.rs b/src/libcore/hint.rs
index 6439fa0e0c8..9a581d90cc2 100644
--- a/src/libcore/hint.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/hint.rs
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ pub unsafe fn unreachable_unchecked() -> ! {
 /// busy-wait spin-loop without yielding control to the system's scheduler.
 ///
 /// Using a busy-wait spin-loop with `spin_loop` is ideally used in situations where a
-/// contended lock is held by another thread executed on a different CPU and where the waiting
+/// contended lock is held by another thread executed on a different CPU or core and where the waiting
 /// times are relatively small. Because entering busy-wait spin-loop does not trigger the system's
 /// scheduler, no overhead for switching threads occurs. However, if the thread holding the
-/// contended lock is running on the same CPU, the spin-loop is likely to occupy an entire CPU slice
+/// contended lock is running on the same CPU or core, the spin-loop is likely to occupy an entire CPU slice
 /// before switching to the thread that holds the lock. If the contending lock is held by a thread
-/// on the same CPU or if the waiting times for acquiring the lock are longer, it is often better to
+/// on the same CPU or thread or if the waiting times for acquiring the lock are longer, it is often better to
 /// use [`std::thread::yield_now`].
 ///
 /// **Note**: On platforms that do not support receiving spin-loop hints this function does not
diff --git a/src/libcore/sync/atomic.rs b/src/libcore/sync/atomic.rs
index 8dfb19fa032..bdd045f7565 100644
--- a/src/libcore/sync/atomic.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/sync/atomic.rs
@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ use crate::hint::spin_loop;
 /// busy-wait spin-loop without yielding control to the system's scheduler.
 ///
 /// Using a busy-wait spin-loop with `spin_loop_hint` is ideally used in situations where a
-/// contended lock is held by another thread executed on a different CPU and where the waiting
+/// contended lock is held by another thread executed on a different CPU or core and where the waiting
 /// times are relatively small. Because entering busy-wait spin-loop does not trigger the system's
 /// scheduler, no overhead for switching threads occurs. However, if the thread holding the
-/// contended lock is running on the same CPU, the spin-loop is likely to occupy an entire CPU slice
+/// contended lock is running on the same CPU or core, the spin-loop is likely to occupy an entire CPU slice
 /// before switching to the thread that holds the lock. If the contending lock is held by a thread
-/// on the same CPU or if the waiting times for acquiring the lock are longer, it is often better to
+/// on the same CPU or core or if the waiting times for acquiring the lock are longer, it is often better to
 /// use [`std::thread::yield_now`].
 ///
 /// **Note**: On platforms that do not support receiving spin-loop hints this function does not