diff --git a/basis/bitstreams/bitstreams-docs.factor b/basis/bitstreams/bitstreams-docs.factor
index 7be5514275..cc69a7a501 100644
--- a/basis/bitstreams/bitstreams-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/bitstreams/bitstreams-docs.factor
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ HELP: seek
 
 HELP: align
 { $values { "n" integer } { "bitstream" bit-reader } }
-{ $description "Moves the read cursor of the bit-reader forward until its position in bits from the start of the stream is an even multiple of n. If it is already such a multiple, the cursor is not moved at all. " } ;
+{ $description "Moves the read cursor of the bit-reader forward until its position in bits from the start of the stream is an even multiple of n. If it is already such a multiple, the cursor is not moved at all." } ;
 
 HELP: enough-bits?
 { $values { "n" integer } { "bs" bit-reader } { "?" boolean } }
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/builder-docs.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/builder-docs.factor
index 308c3e4ff0..543a87f3cc 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/builder-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/builder-docs.factor
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ HELP: emit-loop-call
 
 HELP: emit-node
 { $values { "block" basic-block } { "node" node } { "block'" basic-block } }
-{ $description "Emits CFG instructions for the given SSA node. The word can add one or more basic blocks to the " { $link cfg } ". The next block to operate on is pushed onto the stack. "
+{ $description "Emits CFG instructions for the given SSA node. The word can add one or more basic blocks to the " { $link cfg } ". The next block to operate on is pushed onto the stack."
 $nl
 "The following classes emit-node methods does not change the current block:"
   { $list
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/cfg-docs.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/cfg-docs.factor
index 205faec446..eeb2916277 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/cfg-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/cfg-docs.factor
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ HELP: basic-block
   { $table
     {
         { $slot "number" }
-        { "The blocks sequence number. Generated by calling " { $link number-blocks } ". " }
+        { "The blocks sequence number. Generated by calling " { $link number-blocks } "." }
     }
     {
         { $slot "successors" }
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/intrinsics/alien/alien-docs.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/intrinsics/alien/alien-docs.factor
index 72dd90da53..ed65434996 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/intrinsics/alien/alien-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/intrinsics/alien/alien-docs.factor
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ HELP: inline-accessor
   { "test" quotation }
   { "block'" basic-block }
 }
-{ $description "Combinator used to simplify writing intrinsic emitting code. If the 'test' quotation yields " { $link t } " when called on the '#call' nodes inputs, then the 'quot' quotation is used to emit intrinsic instructions. Otherwise a primitive call is emitted. " } ;
+{ $description "Combinator used to simplify writing intrinsic emitting code. If the 'test' quotation yields " { $link t } " when called on the '#call' nodes inputs, then the 'quot' quotation is used to emit intrinsic instructions. Otherwise a primitive call is emitted." } ;
diff --git a/basis/compiler/tree/tree-docs.factor b/basis/compiler/tree/tree-docs.factor
index fcaf8b9352..eaf309010e 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/tree/tree-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/tree/tree-docs.factor
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ HELP: #alien-invoke
 { $see-also alien-invoke } ;
 
 HELP: #alien-callback
-{ $class-description "SSA tree node that constructs an alien callback. It is not a subclass of " { $link #alien-node } ". " } ;
+{ $class-description "SSA tree node that constructs an alien callback. It is not a subclass of " { $link #alien-node } "." } ;
 
 HELP: #call
 { $class-description "SSA tree node that calls a word. It has the following slots:"
diff --git a/basis/compression/lzw/lzw-docs.factor b/basis/compression/lzw/lzw-docs.factor
index 55c54bc9f7..4456365938 100644
--- a/basis/compression/lzw/lzw-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/compression/lzw/lzw-docs.factor
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ HELP: reset-lzw-uncompress
 { $values
     { "lzw" lzw }
 }
-{ $description "Reset the LZW uncompressor state (either at initialization time or immediately after receiving a Clear Code). " } ;
+{ $description "Reset the LZW uncompressor state (either at initialization time or immediately after receiving a Clear Code)." } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "compression.lzw.differences" "LZW differences between TIFF and GIF"
 { $vocab-link "compression.lzw" }
diff --git a/basis/cpu/x86/x86-docs.factor b/basis/cpu/x86/x86-docs.factor
index 205e2a9124..3cfa366c79 100644
--- a/basis/cpu/x86/x86-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/cpu/x86/x86-docs.factor
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ HELP: %boolean
 
 HELP: %prepare-var-args
 { $values { "reg-inputs" sequence } }
-{ $description "Emits code needed for calling variadic functions. On " { $link unix } " " { $link x86.64 } ", the " { $link AL } " register must contain the number of float registers used. " } ;
+{ $description "Emits code needed for calling variadic functions. On " { $link unix } " " { $link x86.64 } ", the " { $link AL } " register must contain the number of float registers used." } ;
 
 HELP: JLE
 { $values { "dst" "destination offset (relative to the instruction pointer register)" } }
diff --git a/basis/db/tuples/tuples-docs.factor b/basis/db/tuples/tuples-docs.factor
index 254e7fc282..fecfdff3ee 100644
--- a/basis/db/tuples/tuples-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/db/tuples/tuples-docs.factor
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ ARTICLE: "db-tuples-tutorial" "Tuple database tutorial"
 "Let's make a tuple and store it in a database. To follow along, click on each code example and run it in the listener. If you forget to run an example, just start at the top and run them all again in order." $nl
 "We're going to store books in this tutorial."
 { $code "TUPLE: book id title author date-published edition cover-price condition ;" }
-"The title, author, and publisher should be strings; the date-published a timestamp; the edition an integer; the cover-price a float. These are the Factor types for which we will need to look up the corresponding " { $link "db.types" } ". " $nl
+"The title, author, and publisher should be strings; the date-published a timestamp; the edition an integer; the cover-price a float. These are the Factor types for which we will need to look up the corresponding " { $link "db.types" } "." $nl
 "To actually bind the tuple slots to the database types, we'll use " { $link define-persistent } "."
 { $code
 "USING: db.tuples db.types ;
diff --git a/basis/furnace/auth/providers/providers-docs.factor b/basis/furnace/auth/providers/providers-docs.factor
index f541885e4d..44cc9c44b4 100644
--- a/basis/furnace/auth/providers/providers-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/furnace/auth/providers/providers-docs.factor
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ HELP: new-user
 
 HELP: update-user
 { $values { "user" user } { "provider" "an authentication provider" } }
-{ $contract "Stores a user back to an authentication provider after being changed. This is a no-op with in-memory providers; providers which use an external store will save the user in this word. " } ;
+{ $contract "Stores a user back to an authentication provider after being changed. This is a no-op with in-memory providers; providers which use an external store will save the user in this word." } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "furnace.auth.providers.protocol" "Authentication provider protocol"
 "The " { $vocab-link "furnace.auth.providers" } " vocabulary implements a protocol for persistence and authentication of users."
diff --git a/basis/generalizations/generalizations-docs.factor b/basis/generalizations/generalizations-docs.factor
index f4a15411f9..f750f5f494 100644
--- a/basis/generalizations/generalizations-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/generalizations/generalizations-docs.factor
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ HELP: ndrop
 HELP: nrot
 { $values { "n" integer } }
 { $description "A generalization of " { $link rot } " that works for any "
-"number of items on the stack. "
+"number of items on the stack."
 }
 { $examples
   { $example "USING: arrays generalizations kernel prettyprint ;" "1 2 3 4 4 nrot 4array ." "{ 2 3 4 1 }" }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ HELP: nrot
 HELP: -nrot
 { $values { "n" integer } }
 { $description "A generalization of " { $link -rot } " that works for any "
-"number of items on the stack. "
+"number of items on the stack."
 }
 { $examples
   { $example "USING: arrays generalizations kernel prettyprint ;" "1 2 3 4 4 -nrot 4array ." "{ 4 1 2 3 }" }
diff --git a/basis/match/match-docs.factor b/basis/match/match-docs.factor
index 6110c037b8..11d89a9811 100644
--- a/basis/match/match-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/match/match-docs.factor
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ IN: match
 HELP: match
 { $values { "value1" object } { "value2" object } { "bindings" assoc }
 }
-{ $description "Pattern match " { $snippet "value1" } " against " { $snippet "value2" } ". These values can be any Factor value, including sequences and tuples. The values can contain pattern variables, which are symbols that begin with '?'. The result is a hashtable of the bindings, mapping the pattern variables from one sequence to the equivalent value in the other sequence. The " { $link _ } " symbol can be used to ignore the value at that point in the pattern for the match. " }
+{ $description "Pattern match " { $snippet "value1" } " against " { $snippet "value2" } ". These values can be any Factor value, including sequences and tuples. The values can contain pattern variables, which are symbols that begin with '?'. The result is a hashtable of the bindings, mapping the pattern variables from one sequence to the equivalent value in the other sequence. The " { $link _ } " symbol can be used to ignore the value at that point in the pattern for the match." }
 { $examples
     { $unchecked-example "USE: match" "MATCH-VARS: ?a ?b ;\n{ ?a { 2 ?b } 5 } { 1 { 2 3 } _ } match ." "H{ { ?a 1 } { ?b 3 } }" }
 }
diff --git a/basis/peg/ebnf/ebnf-docs.factor b/basis/peg/ebnf/ebnf-docs.factor
index 6d2e3b52fc..1ec977ce51 100644
--- a/basis/peg/ebnf/ebnf-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/peg/ebnf/ebnf-docs.factor
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ ARTICLE: "peg.ebnf.foreign-rules" "EBNF Foreign Rules"
 ARTICLE: "peg.ebnf.tokenizers" "EBNF Tokenizers"
 "It is possible to override the tokenizer in an EBNF defined parser. "
 "Usually the input sequence to be parsed is an array of characters or a string. "
-"Terminals in a rule match successive characters in the array or string. "
+"Terminals in a rule match successive characters in the array or string."
 { $examples
     { $code
         "USING: multiline ;"
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ ARTICLE: "peg.ebnf.tokenizers" "EBNF Tokenizers"
 "instead of the string \"++--\". With the new tokenizer \"....\" sequences "
 "in the grammar are matched for equality against the token, rather than a "
 "string comparison against successive items in the sequence. This can be used "
-"to match an AST from a tokenizer. "
+"to match an AST from a tokenizer."
 $nl
 "In this example I split the tokenizer into a separate parser and use "
 "'foreign' to call it from the main one. This allows testing of the "
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ $nl
 "This tokenizer strips out whitespace and newlines. Some rules in the grammar "
 "require checking for a newline. In particular the automatic semicolon insertion "
 "rule (managed by the 'Sc' rule here). If there is a newline, the semicolon can "
-"be optional in places. "
+"be optional in places."
 { $examples
     { $code
       "\"do\" Stmt:s \"while\" \"(\" Expr:c \")\" Sc    => [[ s c ast-do-while boa ]]"
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ $nl
 ARTICLE: "peg.ebnf" "EBNF"
 "The " { $vocab-link "peg.ebnf" } " vocabulary provides a DSL that allows writing PEG parsers that look like "
 "EBNF syntax. It provides three parsing words described below. These words all "
-"accept the same EBNF syntax. The difference is in how they are used. "
+"accept the same EBNF syntax. The difference is in how they are used."
 { $subsections
     POSTPONE: EBNF:
     POSTPONE: EBNF[[
diff --git a/basis/prettyprint/sections/sections-docs.factor b/basis/prettyprint/sections/sections-docs.factor
index 54384d9dda..f6b51216e0 100644
--- a/basis/prettyprint/sections/sections-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/prettyprint/sections/sections-docs.factor
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ HELP: flow
 { $class-description "A " { $link block } " section printed on its own line if it can fit entirely on one line." } ;
 
 HELP: <flow
-{ $description "Begins a " { $link flow } " section. " } ;
+{ $description "Begins a " { $link flow } " section." } ;
 
 HELP: colon
 { $class-description "A " { $link block } " section. When printed as a " { $link long-section } ", indents every line except the first." }
diff --git a/basis/ui/gadgets/editors/editors-docs.factor b/basis/ui/gadgets/editors/editors-docs.factor
index 56a0524317..dcbbced158 100644
--- a/basis/ui/gadgets/editors/editors-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/ui/gadgets/editors/editors-docs.factor
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ HELP: <model-field>
 
 HELP: <action-field>
 { $values { "quot" { $quotation ( string -- ) } } { "gadget" editor } }
-{ $description "Creates an editor gadget with a blank model. Whenever a value is entered into the editor and Return pressed, the value is pushed on the stack as a string and the specified quotation is called. Note that the quotation cannot update the value in the field. " } ;
+{ $description "Creates an editor gadget with a blank model. Whenever a value is entered into the editor and Return pressed, the value is pushed on the stack as a string and the specified quotation is called. Note that the quotation cannot update the value in the field." } ;
 
 
 HELP: editor-string
diff --git a/basis/ui/ui-docs.factor b/basis/ui/ui-docs.factor
index 148e1e0a32..477d490c28 100644
--- a/basis/ui/ui-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/ui/ui-docs.factor
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ $nl
     clear-gadget
 }
 "The children of a gadget are available via the "
-{ $snippet "children" } " slot. "
+{ $snippet "children" } " slot."
 $nl
 "Working with gadget children:"
 { $subsections
diff --git a/core/alien/alien-docs.factor b/core/alien/alien-docs.factor
index 16a38fac40..545fe0b9f1 100644
--- a/core/alien/alien-docs.factor
+++ b/core/alien/alien-docs.factor
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ $nl
 
 HELP: free-callback
 { $values { "alien" alien } }
-{ $description "Releases the callback heap memory allocated for an alien callback. " }
+{ $description "Releases the callback heap memory allocated for an alien callback." }
 { $warning "If the callback is invoked (either from C or Factor) after it has been freed, then Factor may crash." } ;
 
 HELP: with-callback
diff --git a/core/definitions/definitions-docs.factor b/core/definitions/definitions-docs.factor
index df02b8e485..43177fb617 100644
--- a/core/definitions/definitions-docs.factor
+++ b/core/definitions/definitions-docs.factor
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ HELP: changed-definition
 { $description "Adds the definition to the unit's " { $link changed-definitions } "." } ;
 
 HELP: changed-definitions
-{ $var-description "A set that contains all words and vocabs whose definitions have changed or are new. " }
+{ $var-description "A set that contains all words and vocabs whose definitions have changed or are new." }
 { $see-also changed-definition } ;
 
 HELP: changed-effects
diff --git a/core/slots/slots-docs.factor b/core/slots/slots-docs.factor
index 1eb0d61b8a..19bb68a545 100644
--- a/core/slots/slots-docs.factor
+++ b/core/slots/slots-docs.factor
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ $nl
 ABOUT: "slots"
 
 HELP: bad-initial-value
-{ $error-description "Thrown by " { $link POSTPONE: TUPLE: } " if a slot has an impossible initial value. "
+{ $error-description "Thrown by " { $link POSTPONE: TUPLE: } " if a slot has an impossible initial value."
   { $examples
     { $unchecked-example
       "TUPLE: a { b integer initial: \"invalid\" } ;"
diff --git a/extra/24-game/24-game-docs.factor b/extra/24-game/24-game-docs.factor
index 280d74dff9..c338a5ca0f 100644
--- a/extra/24-game/24-game-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/24-game/24-game-docs.factor
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ HELP: makes-24?
 
 ARTICLE: "24-game" "The Game of 24"
 "A classic math game, where one attempts to create 24, by applying "
-"arithmetical operations and some shuffle words to a stack of 4 numbers. "
+"arithmetical operations and some shuffle words to a stack of 4 numbers."
 { $subsections
     24-game
     make-24
diff --git a/extra/game/models/collada/collada-docs.factor b/extra/game/models/collada/collada-docs.factor
index 0936d864ab..e2dc4db8aa 100644
--- a/extra/game/models/collada/collada-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/game/models/collada/collada-docs.factor
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ HELP: mesh>sources
 
 HELP: mesh>vertices
 { $values { "mesh-tag" tag } { "pair" pair } }
-{ $description "Convert the mesh tag's vertices element to a pair for further lookup in " { $link collect-sources } ". " } ;
+{ $description "Convert the mesh tag's vertices element to a pair for further lookup in " { $link collect-sources } "." } ;
 
 HELP: collect-sources
 { $values { "sources" hashtable } { "vertices" pair } { "inputs" tag sequence } { "seq" sequence } }
diff --git a/extra/game/models/obj/obj-docs.factor b/extra/game/models/obj/obj-docs.factor
index 033b163941..c2b419d22a 100644
--- a/extra/game/models/obj/obj-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/game/models/obj/obj-docs.factor
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ HELP: cm
 
 HELP: md
 { $values { "material-dictionary" assoc } }
-{ $description "Convenience word for accessing the material dictionary while parsing primitives. " } ;
+{ $description "Convenience word for accessing the material dictionary while parsing primitives." } ;
 
 HELP: strings>numbers
 { $values { "strings" sequence } { "numbers" sequence } }
diff --git a/extra/irc/client/client-docs.factor b/extra/irc/client/client-docs.factor
index 3103ed4323..6a05cb38bf 100644
--- a/extra/irc/client/client-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/irc/client/client-docs.factor
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ARTICLE: "irc.client" "IRC Client"
 { $heading "Special messages" }
 "Some special messages that are created by the library and not by the irc server."
 { $table
-  { { $link irc-chat-end } "sent to a chat when it has been detached from the client, the chat should stop after it receives this message. " }
+  { { $link irc-chat-end } "sent to a chat when it has been detached from the client, the chat should stop after it receives this message." }
   { { $link irc-end } " sent when the client isn't running anymore, the chat should stop after it receives this message." }
   { { $link irc-disconnected } " sent to notify chats that connection was lost." }
   { { $link irc-connected } " sent to notify chats that a connection with the irc server was established." } }
diff --git a/extra/pop3/pop3-docs.factor b/extra/pop3/pop3-docs.factor
index 61ee4c76be..4faac9a3c2 100644
--- a/extra/pop3/pop3-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/pop3/pop3-docs.factor
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ $nl
     }
 }
 $nl
-"The messages marked for deletion are actually deleted only when " { $link close } " is called. This should be the last command you issue. "
+"The messages marked for deletion are actually deleted only when " { $link close } " is called. This should be the last command you issue."
 { $subsections close }
 { $examples
     { $code
diff --git a/extra/successor/successor-docs.factor b/extra/successor/successor-docs.factor
index 025ff47f38..b3b032d8b2 100644
--- a/extra/successor/successor-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/successor/successor-docs.factor
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ IN: succesor
 HELP: successor
 { $values { "str" string } { "str'" string } }
 { $description
-    "Returns the successor to " { $snippet "str" } ". The successor is calculated by incrementing characters starting from the rightmost alphanumeric (or the rightmost character if there are no alphanumerics) in the string. Incrementing a digit always results in another digit, and incrementing a letter results in another letter of the same case. "
+    "Returns the successor to " { $snippet "str" } ". The successor is calculated by incrementing characters starting from the rightmost alphanumeric (or the rightmost character if there are no alphanumerics) in the string. Incrementing a digit always results in another digit, and incrementing a letter results in another letter of the same case."
     $nl
-    "If the increment generates a carry, the character to the left of it is incremented. This process repeats until there is no carry, adding an additional character if necessary. "
+    "If the increment generates a carry, the character to the left of it is incremented. This process repeats until there is no carry, adding an additional character if necessary."
 } ;