diff --git a/src/libcore/ops.rs b/src/libcore/ops.rs
index 282f281047e..f551357341d 100644
--- a/src/libcore/ops.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/ops.rs
@@ -807,25 +807,55 @@ bitand_impl! { bool usize u8 u16 u32 u64 isize i8 i16 i32 i64 }
 ///
 /// # Examples
 ///
-/// A trivial implementation of `BitOr`. When `Foo | Foo` happens, it ends up
-/// calling `bitor`, and therefore, `main` prints `Bitwise Or-ing!`.
+/// In this example, the `|` operator is lifted to a trivial `Scalar` type.
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use std::ops::BitOr;
 ///
-/// struct Foo;
+/// #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+/// struct Scalar(bool);
 ///
-/// impl BitOr for Foo {
-///     type Output = Foo;
+/// impl BitOr for Scalar {
+///     type Output = Self;
 ///
-///     fn bitor(self, _rhs: Foo) -> Foo {
-///         println!("Bitwise Or-ing!");
-///         self
+///     // rhs is the "right-hand side" of the expression `a | b`
+///     fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
+///         Scalar(self.0 | rhs.0)
 ///     }
 /// }
 ///
 /// fn main() {
-///     Foo | Foo;
+///     assert_eq!(Scalar(true) | Scalar(true), Scalar(true));
+///     assert_eq!(Scalar(true) | Scalar(false), Scalar(true));
+///     assert_eq!(Scalar(false) | Scalar(true), Scalar(true));
+///     assert_eq!(Scalar(false) | Scalar(false), Scalar(false));
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// In this example, the `BitOr` trait is implemented for a `BooleanVector`
+/// struct.
+///
+/// ```
+/// use std::ops::BitOr;
+///
+/// #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+/// struct BooleanVector(Vec<bool>);
+///
+/// impl BitOr for BooleanVector {
+///     type Output = Self;
+///
+///     fn bitor(self, BooleanVector(rhs): Self) -> Self {
+///         let BooleanVector(lhs) = self;
+///         assert_eq!(lhs.len(), rhs.len());
+///         BooleanVector(lhs.iter().zip(rhs.iter()).map(|(x, y)| *x || *y).collect())
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// fn main() {
+///     let bv1 = BooleanVector(vec![true, true, false, false]);
+///     let bv2 = BooleanVector(vec![true, false, true, false]);
+///     let expected = BooleanVector(vec![true, true, true, false]);
+///     assert_eq!(bv1 | bv2, expected);
 /// }
 /// ```
 #[lang = "bitor"]
@@ -860,25 +890,58 @@ bitor_impl! { bool usize u8 u16 u32 u64 isize i8 i16 i32 i64 }
 ///
 /// # Examples
 ///
-/// A trivial implementation of `BitXor`. When `Foo ^ Foo` happens, it ends up
-/// calling `bitxor`, and therefore, `main` prints `Bitwise Xor-ing!`.
+/// In this example, the `^` operator is lifted to a trivial `Scalar` type.
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use std::ops::BitXor;
 ///
-/// struct Foo;
+/// #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+/// struct Scalar(bool);
 ///
-/// impl BitXor for Foo {
-///     type Output = Foo;
+/// impl BitXor for Scalar {
+///     type Output = Self;
 ///
-///     fn bitxor(self, _rhs: Foo) -> Foo {
-///         println!("Bitwise Xor-ing!");
-///         self
+///     // rhs is the "right-hand side" of the expression `a ^ b`
+///     fn bitxor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
+///         Scalar(self.0 ^ rhs.0)
 ///     }
 /// }
 ///
 /// fn main() {
-///     Foo ^ Foo;
+///     assert_eq!(Scalar(true) ^ Scalar(true), Scalar(false));
+///     assert_eq!(Scalar(true) ^ Scalar(false), Scalar(true));
+///     assert_eq!(Scalar(false) ^ Scalar(true), Scalar(true));
+///     assert_eq!(Scalar(false) ^ Scalar(false), Scalar(false));
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// In this example, the `BitXor` trait is implemented for a `BooleanVector`
+/// struct.
+///
+/// ```
+/// use std::ops::BitXor;
+///
+/// #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+/// struct BooleanVector(Vec<bool>);
+///
+/// impl BitXor for BooleanVector {
+///     type Output = Self;
+///
+///     fn bitxor(self, BooleanVector(rhs): Self) -> Self {
+///         let BooleanVector(lhs) = self;
+///         assert_eq!(lhs.len(), rhs.len());
+///         BooleanVector(lhs.iter()
+///                          .zip(rhs.iter())
+///                          .map(|(x, y)| (*x || *y) && !(*x && *y))
+///                          .collect())
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// fn main() {
+///     let bv1 = BooleanVector(vec![true, true, false, false]);
+///     let bv2 = BooleanVector(vec![true, false, true, false]);
+///     let expected = BooleanVector(vec![false, true, true, false]);
+///     assert_eq!(bv1 ^ bv2, expected);
 /// }
 /// ```
 #[lang = "bitxor"]