diff --git a/std/os.zig b/std/os.zig
index 14f205c1aa5d90937c7e726c94f4097fbd43f9b8..6f1f0135ce9301824dbac688f2a525840f02cdc7 100644
--- a/std/os.zig
+++ b/std/os.zig
@@ -1883,7 +1883,16 @@ pub fn inotify_rm_watch(inotify_fd: i32, wd: i32) void {
 }
 
 pub const MProtectError = error{
+    /// The memory cannot be given the specified access.  This can happen, for example, if you
+    /// mmap(2)  a  file  to  which  you have read-only access, then ask mprotect() to mark it
+    /// PROT_WRITE.
     AccessDenied,
+
+    /// Changing  the  protection  of a memory region would result in the total number of map‐
+    /// pings with distinct attributes (e.g., read versus read/write protection) exceeding the
+    /// allowed maximum.  (For example, making the protection of a range PROT_READ in the mid‐
+    /// dle of a region currently protected as PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE would result in three map‐
+    /// pings: two read/write mappings at each end and a read-only mapping in the middle.)
     OutOfMemory,
     Unexpected,
 };
diff --git a/std/thread.zig b/std/thread.zig
index afed605b39102e77daf2a4aec6f13c735a6f4ec7..abf2f1cae1304b6e98466c519201ed4a997ae4c2 100644
--- a/std/thread.zig
+++ b/std/thread.zig
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ pub const Thread = struct {
             mmap_slice,
             os.PROT_READ | os.PROT_WRITE,
         ) catch |err| switch (err) {
-            error.OutOfMemory => unreachable,
             error.AccessDenied => unreachable,
             else => |e| return e,
         };