diff --git a/doc/handbook/cookbook.facts b/doc/handbook/cookbook.facts
index e82a275ad5..24b5fceb00 100644
--- a/doc/handbook/cookbook.facts
+++ b/doc/handbook/cookbook.facts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-USING: help io kernel math namespaces prettyprint sequences ;
+USING: help io kernel math namespaces parser prettyprint
+sequences ;
 
 ARTICLE: "cookbook-syntax" "Basic syntax cookbook"
 "The following is a simple snippet of Factor code:"
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ ARTICLE: "cookbook-variables" "Variables cookbook"
     "namespaces"
 } ;
 
-ARTICLE: "cookbook-vocabs" "Vocabularies and source files cookbook"
+ARTICLE: "cookbook-vocabs" "Vocabularies cookbook"
 "Rather than being in one flat list, words belong to vocabularies; every word is contained in exactly one. When parsing a word name, the parser searches the " { $emphasis "vocabulary search path" } ". When working at the listener, a useful set of vocabularies is already available. In a source file, all used vocabularies must be imported."
 $terpri
 "For example, a source file containing the following code will print a parse error if you try loading it:"
@@ -172,6 +173,16 @@ $terpri
     "parser"
 } ;
 
+ARTICLE: "cookbook-sources" "Source file cookbook"
+"By convention, code  is stored in files with the " { $snippet ".factor" } " filename extension. You can load source files using " { $link run-file } ":"
+{ $code "\"hello.factor\" run-file" }
+"You can load source files from the Factor source code directory using " { $link run-resource } ":"
+{ $code "\"/examples/lcd.factor\" run-resource" }
+{ $references
+    "You can learn more about parsing external content:"
+    "parse-stream"
+} ;
+
 ARTICLE: "cookbook-io" "I/O cookbook"
 "Ask the user for their age, and print it back:"
 { $code
diff --git a/doc/handbook/handbook.facts b/doc/handbook/handbook.facts
index 203b389c41..16b371a1f4 100644
--- a/doc/handbook/handbook.facts
+++ b/doc/handbook/handbook.facts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ARTICLE: "handbook" "Factor documentation"
 { $subsection "cookbook-combinators" }
 { $subsection "cookbook-variables" }
 { $subsection "cookbook-vocabs" }
+{ $subsection "cookbook-sources" }
 { $subsection "cookbook-io" }
 { $heading "Language reference" }
 { $subsection "conventions" }
diff --git a/doc/handbook/help.facts b/doc/handbook/help.facts
index 513081267d..921c051316 100644
--- a/doc/handbook/help.facts
+++ b/doc/handbook/help.facts
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ ARTICLE: "searching-help-impl" "Full-text search implementation"
 { $subsection index-text } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "writing-help" "Writing documentation"
+"By convention, documentation is written in files with the " { $snippet ".facts" } " filename extension."
+$terpri
 "A pair of parsing words are used to define free-standing articles and to associate documentation with words:"
 { $subsection POSTPONE: ARTICLE: }
 { $subsection POSTPONE: HELP: }
diff --git a/library/bootstrap/boot-stage1.factor b/library/bootstrap/boot-stage1.factor
index 7461a859bc..22909e9316 100644
--- a/library/bootstrap/boot-stage1.factor
+++ b/library/bootstrap/boot-stage1.factor
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ vectors words ;
         "/library/threads.facts"
         "/library/words.facts"
         "/library/bootstrap/image.facts"
+        "/library/bootstrap/init.facts"
         "/library/collections/growable.facts"
         "/library/collections/arrays.facts"
         "/library/collections/graphs.facts"
diff --git a/library/bootstrap/init.factor b/library/bootstrap/init.factor
index 858a3778b5..da37410294 100644
--- a/library/bootstrap/init.factor
+++ b/library/bootstrap/init.factor
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ USING: assembler errors io io-internals kernel math namespaces
 parser threads words ;
 
 : boot ( -- )
-    #! Initialize an interpreter with the basic services.
     init-namespaces
     cell \ cell set
     millis init-random
diff --git a/library/bootstrap/init.facts b/library/bootstrap/init.facts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a83ead0098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/bootstrap/init.facts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+IN: kernel-internals
+USING: help kernel ;
+
+HELP: boot "( -- )"
+{ $description "Called on startup as part of the boot quotation (see " { $link set-boot } ") to initialize the runtime and get ready to run user code." } ;