diff --git a/basis/stack-checker/stack-checker-docs.factor b/basis/stack-checker/stack-checker-docs.factor
index 7d18482bff..afdaccc896 100644
--- a/basis/stack-checker/stack-checker-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/stack-checker/stack-checker-docs.factor
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ $nl
 "Combinators which are recursive require additional care. In addition to being declared " { $link POSTPONE: inline } ", they must be declared " { $link POSTPONE: recursive } ". There are three restrictions that only apply to combinators with this declaration:"
 { $heading "Input quotation declaration" }
 "Input parameters which are quotations must be annotated as much in the stack effect. For example, the following will not infer:"
-{ $example ": bad ( quot -- ) [ call ] keep foo ; inline recursive" "[ [ ] bad ] infer." "Got a computed value where a literal quotation was expected\n\nType :help for debugging help." }
+{ $example ": bad ( quot -- ) [ call ] keep bad ; inline recursive" "[ [ ] bad ] infer." "Got a computed value where a literal quotation was expected\n\nType :help for debugging help." }
 "The following is correct:"
 { $example ": good ( quot: ( -- ) -- ) [ call ] keep good ; inline recursive" "[ [ ] good ] infer." "( -- )" }
 "The effect of the nested quotation itself is only present for documentation purposes; the mere presence of a nested effect is sufficient to mark that value as a quotation parameter."