diff --git a/src/librustc_unicode/char.rs b/src/librustc_unicode/char.rs
index a489b4991f4b6..115002867555d 100644
--- a/src/librustc_unicode/char.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_unicode/char.rs
@@ -457,16 +457,16 @@ impl char {
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
-    /// In both of these examples, 'ß' takes one `u16` to encode.
+    /// In both of these examples, '𝕊' takes two `u16`s to encode.
     ///
     /// ```
     /// #![feature(unicode)]
     ///
-    /// let mut b = [0; 1];
+    /// let mut b = [0; 2];
     ///
-    /// let result = 'ß'.encode_utf16(&mut b);
+    /// let result = '𝕊'.encode_utf16(&mut b);
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(result, Some(1));
+    /// assert_eq!(result, Some(2));
     /// ```
     ///
     /// A buffer that's too small:
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@ impl char {
     /// ```
     /// #![feature(unicode)]
     ///
-    /// let mut b = [0; 0];
+    /// let mut b = [0; 1];
     ///
-    /// let result = 'ß'.encode_utf8(&mut b);
+    /// let result = '𝕊'.encode_utf16(&mut b);
     ///
     /// assert_eq!(result, None);
     /// ```