@@ -3329,7 +3329,7 @@ impl Path {
33293329 /// use std::path::Path;
33303330 ///
33313331 /// let path = Path::new("/Minas/tirith");
3332- /// let metadata = path.metadata().expect("metadata call failed ");
3332+ /// let metadata = path.metadata().expect("the path should point to an existing file or directory ");
33333333 /// println!("{:?}", metadata.file_type());
33343334 /// ```
33353335 #[ stable( feature = "path_ext" , since = "1.5.0" ) ]
@@ -3348,7 +3348,7 @@ impl Path {
33483348 /// use std::path::Path;
33493349 ///
33503350 /// let path = Path::new("/Minas/tirith");
3351- /// let metadata = path.symlink_metadata().expect("symlink_metadata call failed ");
3351+ /// let metadata = path.symlink_metadata().expect("the path should exist ");
33523352 /// println!("{:?}", metadata.file_type());
33533353 /// ```
33543354 #[ stable( feature = "path_ext" , since = "1.5.0" ) ]
@@ -3483,7 +3483,7 @@ impl Path {
34833483 /// use std::path::Path;
34843484 ///
34853485 /// let path = Path::new("/laputa/sky_castle.rs");
3486- /// let path_link = path.read_link().expect("read_link call failed ");
3486+ /// let path_link = path.read_link().expect("the path should be an existing symbolic link ");
34873487 /// ```
34883488 #[ stable( feature = "path_ext" , since = "1.5.0" ) ]
34893489 #[ inline]
@@ -3504,7 +3504,7 @@ impl Path {
35043504 /// use std::path::Path;
35053505 ///
35063506 /// let path = Path::new("/laputa");
3507- /// for entry in path.read_dir().expect("read_dir call failed ") {
3507+ /// for entry in path.read_dir().expect("the path should point to an existing directory ") {
35083508 /// if let Ok(entry) = entry {
35093509 /// println!("{:?}", entry.path());
35103510 /// }
@@ -3569,7 +3569,7 @@ impl Path {
35693569 ///
35703570 /// ```no_run
35713571 /// use std::path::Path;
3572- /// assert!(!Path::new("does_not_exist.txt").try_exists().expect("Can't check existence of file does_not_exist.txt "));
3572+ /// assert!(!Path::new("does_not_exist.txt").try_exists().expect("the path's existence should be verifiable "));
35733573 /// assert!(Path::new("/root/secret_file.txt").try_exists().is_err());
35743574 /// ```
35753575 ///
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