diff --git a/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor b/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
index a5867745a5..4a24bdd51f 100644
--- a/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
+++ b/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
@@ -530,17 +530,19 @@ HELP: CHAR:
 } ;
 
 HELP: "
-{ $syntax "\"string...\"" }
-{ $syntax "\"\"\"string...\"\"\"" }
+{ $syntax "\"string...\"" "\"\"\"string...\"\"\"" }
 { $values { "string" "literal and escaped characters" } }
-{ $description "Reads from the input string until the next occurrence of " { $link POSTPONE: " } " or " { $snippet "\"\"\"" } ", and appends the resulting string to the parse tree. String literals can span multiple lines. For strings beginning with a single double-quote, the " { $link POSTPONE: " } " character and various other special characters can be read by inserting " { $link "escape" } ". For triple quoted strings, the double-quote character does not require escaping." }
+{ $description "Reads from the input string until the next occurrence of " { $snippet "\"" } " or " { $snippet "\"\"\"" } ", and appends the resulting string to the parse tree. String literals can span multiple lines. Various special characters can be read by inserting " { $link "escape" } ". For triple quoted strings, the double-quote character does not require escaping." }
 { $examples
-    "A string with a newline in it:"
+    "A string with an escaped newline in it:"
     { $example "USE: io" "\"Hello\\nworld\" print" "Hello\nworld" }
+    "A string with an actual newline in it:"
+    { $example "USE: io" "\"Hello\nworld\" print" "Hello\nworld" }
     "A string with a named Unicode code point:"
     { $example "USE: io" "\"\\u{greek-capital-letter-sigma}\" print" "\u{greek-capital-letter-sigma}" }
     "A triple-quoted string:"
-    { $example "USE: io \"\"\"\"Teach a man to fish...\"\"\"\" print" """"Teach a man to fish..."""" }
+    { $example "USE: io \"\"\"Teach a man to \"fish\"...\nand fish will go extinct\"\"\" print" """Teach a man to \"fish\"...
+and fish will go extinct""" }
 } ;
 
 HELP: SBUF"