diff --git a/library/core/src/slice/raw.rs b/library/core/src/slice/raw.rs
index 3a8d7987aca8b..d21113104b772 100644
--- a/library/core/src/slice/raw.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/slice/raw.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 //! Free functions to create `&[T]` and `&mut [T]`.
 
 use crate::array;
-use crate::intrinsics::is_aligned_and_not_null;
-use crate::mem;
 use crate::ops::Range;
 use crate::ptr;
 
@@ -195,7 +193,8 @@ pub const fn from_mut<T>(s: &mut T) -> &mut [T] {
 ///   to the first element of a slice.
 ///
 /// * The `end` pointer must be a [valid] and properly aligned pointer to *one past*
-///   the last element.
+///   the last element, such that the offset from the end to the start pointer is
+///   the length of the slice.
 ///
 /// * The range must contain `N` consecutive properly initialized values of type `T`:
 ///
@@ -251,7 +250,8 @@ pub unsafe fn from_ptr_range<'a, T>(range: Range<*const T>) -> &'a [T] {
 ///   to the first element of a slice.
 ///
 /// * The `end` pointer must be a [valid] and properly aligned pointer to *one past*
-///   the last element.
+///   the last element, such that the offset from the end to the start pointer is
+///   the length of the slice.
 ///
 /// * The range must contain `N` consecutive properly initialized values of type `T`:
 ///
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ pub unsafe fn from_ptr_range<'a, T>(range: Range<*const T>) -> &'a [T] {
 ///
 /// use core::slice;
 ///
-/// let x = [1, 2, 3];
+/// let mut x = [1, 2, 3];
 /// let range = x.as_mut_ptr_range();
 ///
 /// unsafe {
diff --git a/library/core/tests/slice.rs b/library/core/tests/slice.rs
index 47b4b47793a42..96dda312de75f 100644
--- a/library/core/tests/slice.rs
+++ b/library/core/tests/slice.rs
@@ -2234,6 +2234,7 @@ fn slice_split_array_mut_out_of_bounds() {
     v.split_array_mut::<7>();
 }
 
+#[test]
 fn test_slice_from_ptr_range() {
     let arr = ["foo".to_owned(), "bar".to_owned()];
     let range = arr.as_ptr_range();