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diff --git a/lib/std/sysatomics.nim b/lib/std/sysatomics.nim
index 36a4e5537..2f203b3eb 100644
--- a/lib/std/sysatomics.nim
+++ b/lib/std/sysatomics.nim
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ else:
 
 
 proc atomicInc*(memLoc: var int, x: int = 1): int {.inline, discardable, raises: [], tags: [].} =
+  ## Atomically increments the integer by some `x`. It returns the new value.
   when someGcc and hasThreadSupport:
     result = atomicAddFetch(memLoc.addr, x, ATOMIC_SEQ_CST)
   elif someVcc and hasThreadSupport:
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ proc atomicInc*(memLoc: var int, x: int = 1): int {.inline, discardable, raises:
     result = memLoc
 
 proc atomicDec*(memLoc: var int, x: int = 1): int {.inline, discardable, raises: [], tags: [].} =
+  ## Atomically decrements the integer by some `x`. It returns the new value.
   when someGcc and hasThreadSupport:
     when declared(atomicSubFetch):
       result = atomicSubFetch(memLoc.addr, x, ATOMIC_SEQ_CST)
@@ -361,7 +363,7 @@ elif someGcc or defined(tcc):
 elif defined(icl):
   proc cpuRelax* {.importc: "_mm_pause", header: "xmmintrin.h".}
 elif false:
-  from os import sleep
+  from std/os import sleep
 
   proc cpuRelax* {.inline.} = os.sleep(1)