diff --git a/library/std/src/fs.rs b/library/std/src/fs.rs
index 6640c7fb16214..2a6b1a5ec73e4 100644
--- a/library/std/src/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/fs.rs
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ pub fn rename<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(from: P, to: Q) -> io::Result<()>
 /// On success, the total number of bytes copied is returned and it is equal to
 /// the length of the `to` file as reported by `metadata`.
 ///
-/// If you’re wanting to copy the contents of one file to another and you’re
+/// If you want to copy the contents of one file to another and you’re
 /// working with [`File`]s, see the [`io::copy()`] function.
 ///
 /// # Platform-specific behavior
diff --git a/library/std/src/io/copy.rs b/library/std/src/io/copy.rs
index 38b98afffa168..1d9d93f5b64ec 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/copy.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/copy.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::mem::MaybeUninit;
 /// On success, the total number of bytes that were copied from
 /// `reader` to `writer` is returned.
 ///
-/// If you’re wanting to copy the contents of one file to another and you’re
+/// If you want to copy the contents of one file to another and you’re
 /// working with filesystem paths, see the [`fs::copy`] function.
 ///
 /// [`fs::copy`]: crate::fs::copy