diff --git a/core/io/io-docs.factor b/core/io/io-docs.factor
index 86f27f5186..ef64896dfb 100644
--- a/core/io/io-docs.factor
+++ b/core/io/io-docs.factor
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ HELP: lines
 { $description "Reads lines of text until from the " { $link input-stream } " until it is exhausted, collecting them in a sequence of strings." } ;
 
 HELP: each-line
-{ $values { "quot" { $quotation "( str -- )" } } }
+{ $values { "quot" { $quotation "( ... line -- ... )" } } }
 { $description "Calls the quotation with successive lines of text, until the current " { $link input-stream } " is exhausted." } ;
 
 HELP: each-block
-{ $values { "quot" { $quotation "( block -- )" } } }
+{ $values { "quot" { $quotation "( ... block -- ... )" } } }
 { $description "Calls the quotation with successive blocks of data, until the current " { $link input-stream } " is exhausted." } ;
 
 HELP: stream-contents