diff --git a/tools/help/syntax/syntax.factor b/tools/help/syntax/syntax.factor
index e0e85a26dd..34a969b19b 100644
--- a/tools/help/syntax/syntax.factor
+++ b/tools/help/syntax/syntax.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2005, 2009 Slava Pestov.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: accessors arrays compiler.units definitions help
-help.topics kernel math parser sequences vocabs.parser words ;
+help.markup help.topics kernel lexer math parser quotations
+sequences vocabs.parser words splitting ;
 IN: help.syntax
 
 SYNTAX: \ HELP:
@@ -22,3 +23,73 @@ SYNTAX: \ ARTICLE:
 
 SYNTAX: \ ABOUT:
     current-vocab scan-object >>help changed-definition ;
+
+COMPILE<
+SYNTAX: \ HELP-SYNTAX:
+    scan-new-escaped scan-word ";" expect
+    '[ \ } parse-until >array _ prefix suffix! ] define-syntax ;
+COMPILE>
+
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $breadcrumbs{ $breadcrumbs ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $class-description{ $class-description ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $code{ $code ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $complex-shuffle{ $complex-shuffle ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $content{ $content ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $contract{ $contract ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $curious{ $curious ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $definition{ $definition ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $definition-icons{ $definition-icons ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $deprecated{ $deprecated ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $description{ $description ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $emphasis{ $emphasis ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $error-description{ $error-description ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $errors{ $errors ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $example{ $example ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $examples{ $examples ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $heading{ $heading ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $image{ $image ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $instance{ $instance ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $io-error{ $io-error ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $link{ $link ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $links{ $links ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $list{ $list ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $long-link{ $long-link ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $low-level-note{ $low-level-note ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $markup-example{ $markup-example ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $maybe{ $maybe ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $methods{ $methods ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $nl{ $nl ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $notes{ $notes ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $or{ $or ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $parsing-note{ $parsing-note ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $pretty-link{ $pretty-link ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $prettyprinting-note{ $prettyprinting-note ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $quotation{ $quotation ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $references{ $references ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $related{ $related ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $see{ $see ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $see-also{ $see-also ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $sequence{ $sequence ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $shuffle{ $shuffle ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $side-effects{ $side-effects ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $slot{ $slot ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $snippet{ $snippet ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $strong{ $strong ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $subheading{ $subheading ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $subsection{ $subsection ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $subsection*{ $subsection* ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $subsections{ $subsections ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $synopsis{ $synopsis ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $syntax{ $syntax ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $table{ $table ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $unchecked-example{ $unchecked-example ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $url{ $url ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $value{ $value ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $values{ $values ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $values-x/y{ $values-x/y ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $var-description{ $var-description ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $vocab-link{ $vocab-link ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $vocab-links{ $vocab-links ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $vocab-subsection{ $vocab-subsection ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $vocabulary{ $vocabulary ;
+HELP-SYNTAX: \ $warning{ $warning ;