diff --git a/library/std/src/sync/condvar.rs b/library/std/src/sync/condvar.rs
index 60be63c9543fa..2f0b32c90d0ee 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sync/condvar.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sync/condvar.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 mod tests;
 
 use crate::fmt;
-use crate::sync::{mutex, MutexGuard, PoisonError};
+use crate::sync::{mutex, poison, LockResult, MutexGuard, PoisonError};
 use crate::sys_common::condvar as sys;
-use crate::sys_common::poison::{self, LockResult};
 use crate::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 /// A type indicating whether a timed wait on a condition variable returned
diff --git a/library/std/src/sync/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sync/mod.rs
index b6699910b07cf..ee35598bab5fe 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sync/mod.rs
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ pub use self::mutex::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
 #[allow(deprecated)]
 pub use self::once::{Once, OnceState, ONCE_INIT};
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
-pub use self::rwlock::{RwLock, RwLockReadGuard, RwLockWriteGuard};
+pub use self::poison::{LockResult, PoisonError, TryLockError, TryLockResult};
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
-pub use crate::sys_common::poison::{LockResult, PoisonError, TryLockError, TryLockResult};
+pub use self::rwlock::{RwLock, RwLockReadGuard, RwLockWriteGuard};
 
 pub mod mpsc;
 
@@ -176,4 +176,5 @@ mod barrier;
 mod condvar;
 mod mutex;
 mod once;
+mod poison;
 mod rwlock;
diff --git a/library/std/src/sync/mutex.rs b/library/std/src/sync/mutex.rs
index 98c34282e0c49..2615bea659253 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sync/mutex.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sync/mutex.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use crate::fmt;
 use crate::mem;
 use crate::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use crate::ptr;
+use crate::sync::{poison, LockResult, TryLockError, TryLockResult};
 use crate::sys_common::mutex as sys;
-use crate::sys_common::poison::{self, LockResult, TryLockError, TryLockResult};
 
 /// A mutual exclusion primitive useful for protecting shared data
 ///
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys_common/poison.rs b/library/std/src/sync/poison.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from library/std/src/sys_common/poison.rs
rename to library/std/src/sync/poison.rs
index 1f71187f1b466..05e1833c3e567 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys_common/poison.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sync/poison.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ use crate::fmt;
 use crate::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use crate::thread;
 
-#[allow(unused_imports)] // for intra-doc links
-use crate::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
-
 pub struct Flag {
     failed: AtomicBool,
 }
@@ -80,6 +77,8 @@ pub struct Guard {
 ///     }
 /// };
 /// ```
+/// [`Mutex`]: crate::sync::Mutex
+/// [`RwLock`]: crate::sync::RwLock
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct PoisonError<T> {
     guard: T,
@@ -89,9 +88,11 @@ pub struct PoisonError<T> {
 /// can occur while trying to acquire a lock, from the [`try_lock`] method on a
 /// [`Mutex`] or the [`try_read`] and [`try_write`] methods on an [`RwLock`].
 ///
-/// [`try_lock`]: Mutex::try_lock
-/// [`try_read`]: RwLock::try_read
-/// [`try_write`]: RwLock::try_write
+/// [`try_lock`]: crate::sync::Mutex::try_lock
+/// [`try_read`]: crate::sync::RwLock::try_read
+/// [`try_write`]: crate::sync::RwLock::try_write
+/// [`Mutex`]: crate::sync::Mutex
+/// [`RwLock`]: crate::sync::RwLock
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub enum TryLockError<T> {
     /// The lock could not be acquired because another thread failed while holding
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ impl<T> Error for PoisonError<T> {
 impl<T> PoisonError<T> {
     /// Creates a `PoisonError`.
     ///
-    /// This is generally created by methods like [`Mutex::lock`] or [`RwLock::read`].
+    /// This is generally created by methods like [`Mutex::lock`](crate::sync::Mutex::lock)
+    /// or [`RwLock::read`](crate::sync::RwLock::read).
     #[stable(feature = "sync_poison", since = "1.2.0")]
     pub fn new(guard: T) -> PoisonError<T> {
         PoisonError { guard }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sync/rwlock.rs b/library/std/src/sync/rwlock.rs
index 351804ec979e1..b01bcec1361d7 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sync/rwlock.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sync/rwlock.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::fmt;
 use crate::mem;
 use crate::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use crate::ptr;
-use crate::sys_common::poison::{self, LockResult, TryLockError, TryLockResult};
+use crate::sync::{poison, LockResult, TryLockError, TryLockResult};
 use crate::sys_common::rwlock as sys;
 
 /// A reader-writer lock
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys_common/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys_common/mod.rs
index 23a3a0e907dcf..4979bc0b5af77 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys_common/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys_common/mod.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ pub mod mutex;
 // when generating documentation.
 #[cfg(any(doc, not(windows)))]
 pub mod os_str_bytes;
-pub mod poison;
 pub mod process;
 pub mod remutex;
 pub mod rwlock;