diff --git a/basis/math/primes/primes-docs.factor b/basis/math/primes/primes-docs.factor
index 74aa2ebca3..a78f444b21 100644
--- a/basis/math/primes/primes-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/math/primes/primes-docs.factor
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ HELP: prime?
 { $values { "n" "an integer" } { "?" "a boolean" } }
 { $description "Test if an integer is a prime number." } ;
 
-{ primes-upto primes-between } related-words
+{ nprimes primes-upto primes-between } related-words
+
+HELP: nprimes
+{ $values { "n" "a non-negative integer" } { "seq" "a sequence" } }
+{ $description "Return a sequence containing the " { $snippet "n" } " first primes numbers." } ;
 
 HELP: primes-upto
 { $values { "n" "an integer" } { "seq" "a sequence" } }
diff --git a/basis/math/primes/primes-tests.factor b/basis/math/primes/primes-tests.factor
index a2e9f4fa48..22d3bcc7ba 100644
--- a/basis/math/primes/primes-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/math/primes/primes-tests.factor
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ IN: math.primes.tests
 { { 2 } } [ 2 primes-upto >array ] unit-test
 { { } } [ 1 primes-upto >array ] unit-test
 { { 999983 1000003 } } [ 999982 1000010 primes-between >array ] unit-test
+{ { } } [ 0 nprimes ] unit-test
+{ { 2 3 5 7 } } [ 4 nprimes ] unit-test
+{ t } [ 1000 nprimes [ prime? ] all? ] unit-test
+{ 1000 } [ 1000 nprimes length ] unit-test
+{ 1000 } [ 1000 nprimes last primes-upto length ] unit-test
 
 { { 4999963 4999999 5000011 5000077 5000081 } }
 [ 4999962 5000082 primes-between >array ] unit-test
diff --git a/basis/math/primes/primes.factor b/basis/math/primes/primes.factor
index 7611e22b70..a4f0973f29 100644
--- a/basis/math/primes/primes.factor
+++ b/basis/math/primes/primes.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Samuel Tardieu.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: combinators combinators.short-circuit fry kernel math
+USING: combinators combinators.short-circuit fry kernel make math
 math.bitwise math.functions math.order math.primes.erato
 math.primes.erato.private math.primes.miller-rabin math.ranges
 literals random sequences sets vectors ;
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ PRIVATE>
 
 : primes-upto ( n -- seq ) 2 swap primes-between ;
 
+: nprimes ( n -- seq ) [ 2 swap [ dup , next-prime ] times ] { } make nip ;
+
 : coprime? ( a b -- ? ) gcd nip 1 = ; foldable
 
 : random-prime ( numbits -- p )
diff --git a/extra/websites/factorcode/index.fhtml b/extra/websites/factorcode/index.fhtml
index cc65dbd509..edf5eaaa84 100644
--- a/extra/websites/factorcode/index.fhtml
+++ b/extra/websites/factorcode/index.fhtml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ xml.writer xmode.highlight ; %>
 "resource:extra/websites/factorcode/examples.txt" utf8 file-lines
 { "----" } split random
 "factor" [ highlight-lines ] with-html-writer
-[ xml>string write ] each
+[ xml>string write-html ] each
 %></pre>
 
 <p>See the <a href="http://concatenative.org/wiki/view/Factor/Examples">example programs</a> page on the wiki for more.</p>