diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
index 770dfcb98c917..fd95c1a43d047 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
@@ -2345,7 +2345,8 @@ impl ImplItemId {
     }
 }
 
-/// Represents anything within an `impl` block.
+/// Represents an associated item within an impl block.
+/// Refer to [`Impl`] for an impl block declaration.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, HashStable_Generic)]
 pub struct ImplItem<'hir> {
     pub ident: Ident,
@@ -3327,6 +3328,9 @@ pub enum ItemKind<'hir> {
     Impl(&'hir Impl<'hir>),
 }
 
+/// Represents an impl block declaration.
+/// E.g `impl $Type { .. }` or `impl $Type for $Trait { .. }`
+/// Refer to [`ImplItem`] for an associated item within an impl block.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, HashStable_Generic)]
 pub struct Impl<'hir> {
     pub safety: Safety,