diff --git a/extra/random/random-docs.factor b/extra/random/random-docs.factor
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@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+USING: help.markup help.syntax math random.backend ;
+IN: random
+
+ARTICLE: "random-numbers" "Generating random integers"
+"The " { $vocab-link "random" } " vocabulary implements the ``Mersenne Twister'' pseudo-random number generator algorithm."
+{ $subsection random } ;
+
+ABOUT: "random-numbers"
+
+HELP: seed-random
+{ $values { "tuple" "a random number generator" } { "seed" "an integer between 0 and 2^32-1" } }
+{ $description "Seed the random number generator." }
+{ $notes "Not supported on all random number generators." } ;
+
+HELP: random-32*
+{ $values { "tuple" "a random number generator" } { "r" "an integer between 0 and 2^32-1" } }
+{ $description "Generates a random 32-bit unsigned integer." } ;
+
+HELP: random-bytes*
+{ $values { "n" "an integer" } { "tuple" "a random number generator" } { "bytes" "a sequence of random bytes" } }
+{ $description "Generates a byte-array of random bytes." } ;
+
+HELP: random
+{ $values { "seq" "a sequence" } { "elt" "a random element" } }
+{ $description "Outputs a random element of the sequence. If the sequence is empty, always outputs " { $link f } "." }
+{ $notes "Since integers are sequences, passing an integer " { $snippet "n" } " yields a random integer in the interval " { $snippet "[0,n)" } "." } ;
+
+HELP: random-bytes
+{ $values { "n" "an integer" } { "bytes" "a random integer" } }
+{ $description "Outputs an integer with n bytes worth of bits." } ;
+
+HELP: random-bits
+{ $values { "n" "an integer" } { "r" "a random integer" } }
+{ $description "Outputs an random integer n bits in length." } ;
+
+HELP: with-random
+{ $values { "tuple" "a random generator" } { "quot" "a quotation" } }
+{ $description "Calls the quotation with the random generator in a dynamic variable.  All random numbers will be generated using this random generator." } ;
+
+HELP: with-secure-random
+{ $values { "quot" "a quotation" } }
+{ $description "Calls the quotation with the secure random generator in a dynamic variable.  All random numbers will be generated using this random generator." } ;
+
+{ with-random with-secure-random } related-words
diff --git a/extra/random/random.factor b/extra/random/random.factor
index e62ab71b92..c1701b1c0f 100755
--- a/extra/random/random.factor
+++ b/extra/random/random.factor
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ GENERIC: random-bytes* ( n tuple -- byte-array )
 M: object random-bytes* ( n tuple -- byte-array )
     swap [ drop random-32* ] with map >c-uint-array ;
 
-M: object random-32* ( tuple -- n ) 4 random-bytes* le> ;
+M: object random-32* ( tuple -- r ) 4 random-bytes* le> ;
 
 ERROR: no-random-number-generator ;