diff --git a/rust.html.markdown b/rust.html.markdown
index f8f6c5e4..92794e69 100644
--- a/rust.html.markdown
+++ b/rust.html.markdown
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ fn main() {
     // Reference – an immutable pointer that refers to other data
     // When a reference is taken to a value, we say that the value has been ‘borrowed’.
     // While a value is borrowed immutably, it cannot be mutated or moved.
-    // A borrow lasts until the end of the scope it was created in.
+    // A borrow is active until the last use of the borrowing variable.
     let mut var = 4;
     var = 3;
     let ref_var: &i32 = &var;
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ fn main() {
     println!("{}", *ref_var);
     // var = 5; // this would not compile because `var` is borrowed
     // *ref_var = 6; // this would not either, because `ref_var` is an immutable reference
+    ref_var; // no-op, but counts as a use and keeps the borrow active
+    var = 2; // ref_var is no longer used after the line above, so the borrow has ended
 
     // Mutable reference
     // While a value is mutably borrowed, it cannot be accessed at all.
@@ -307,6 +309,7 @@ fn main() {
     println!("{}", *ref_var2); // 6 , // var2 would not compile.
     // ref_var2 is of type &mut i32, so stores a reference to an i32, not the value.
     // var2 = 2; // this would not compile because `var2` is borrowed.
+    ref_var2; // no-op, but counts as a use and keeps the borrow active until here
 }
 ```