diff --git a/src/libcore/macros.rs b/src/libcore/macros.rs
index d64c984ea7d28..12667036444e6 100644
--- a/src/libcore/macros.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/macros.rs
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ mod builtin {
     #[cfg(dox)]
     macro_rules! file { () => ({ /* compiler built-in */ }) }
 
-    /// A macro which stringifies its argument.
+    /// A macro which stringifies its arguments.
     ///
     /// For more information, see the documentation for [`std::stringify!`].
     ///
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ mod builtin {
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     #[macro_export]
     #[cfg(dox)]
-    macro_rules! stringify { ($t:tt) => ({ /* compiler built-in */ }) }
+    macro_rules! stringify { ($($t:tt)*) => ({ /* compiler built-in */ }) }
 
     /// Includes a utf8-encoded file as a string.
     ///
diff --git a/src/libstd/macros.rs b/src/libstd/macros.rs
index 8089671f309d2..6318e2e40875f 100644
--- a/src/libstd/macros.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/macros.rs
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ pub mod builtin {
     #[macro_export]
     macro_rules! file { () => ({ /* compiler built-in */ }) }
 
-    /// A macro which stringifies its argument.
+    /// A macro which stringifies its arguments.
     ///
     /// This macro will yield an expression of type `&'static str` which is the
     /// stringification of all the tokens passed to the macro. No restrictions
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ pub mod builtin {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     #[macro_export]
-    macro_rules! stringify { ($t:tt) => ({ /* compiler built-in */ }) }
+    macro_rules! stringify { ($($t:tt)*) => ({ /* compiler built-in */ }) }
 
     /// Includes a utf8-encoded file as a string.
     ///