3 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/rwlock/read_guard.rs b/src/rwlock/read_guard.rs
index da3d101..e46078c 100644
--- a/src/rwlock/read_guard.rs
+++ b/src/rwlock/read_guard.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ impl<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, R: RawRwLock> Drop for RwLockReadRef<'a, T, R> {
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, R: RawRwLock> RwLockReadRef<'a, T, R> {
-	pub unsafe fn new(mutex: &'a RwLock<T, R>) -> Self {
+	/// Creates an immutable reference for the underlying data of an [`RwLock`]
+	/// without locking it or taking ownership of the key.
+	pub(crate) unsafe fn new(mutex: &'a RwLock<T, R>) -> Self {
 		Self(mutex, PhantomData)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/rwlock/read_lock.rs b/src/rwlock/read_lock.rs
index 29042b5..4f2bc86 100644
--- a/src/rwlock/read_lock.rs
+++ b/src/rwlock/read_lock.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl<'l, T, R> From<&'l RwLock<T, R>> for ReadLock<'l, T, R> {
 
 impl<'l, T: ?Sized, R> AsRef<RwLock<T, R>> for ReadLock<'l, T, R> {
 	fn as_ref(&self) -> &RwLock<T, R> {
-		&self.0
+		self.0
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rwlock/write_guard.rs b/src/rwlock/write_guard.rs
index c8dd58b..ec622d7 100644
--- a/src/rwlock/write_guard.rs
+++ b/src/rwlock/write_guard.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ impl<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, R: RawRwLock> Drop for RwLockWriteRef<'a, T, R> {
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a, R: RawRwLock> RwLockWriteRef<'a, T, R> {
-	pub unsafe fn new(mutex: &'a RwLock<T, R>) -> Self {
+	/// Creates a reference to the underlying data of an [`RwLock`] without
+	/// locking or taking ownership of the key.
+	pub(crate) unsafe fn new(mutex: &'a RwLock<T, R>) -> Self {
 		Self(mutex, PhantomData)
 	}
 }