diff --git a/basis/io/streams/limited/limited-docs.factor b/basis/io/streams/limited/limited-docs.factor
index a7199eaad1..833e53820e 100755
--- a/basis/io/streams/limited/limited-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/io/streams/limited/limited-docs.factor
@@ -24,7 +24,22 @@ HELP: limit
         "    \"123456\" <string-reader> 3 stream-throws limit"
         "    100 swap stream-read ."
         "] [ ] recover ."
-        "T{ limit-exceeded }"
+"""T{ limit-exceeded
+    { n 1 }
+    { stream
+        T{ limited-stream
+            { stream
+                T{ string-reader
+                    { underlying "123456" }
+                    { i 3 }
+                }
+            }
+            { mode stream-throws }
+            { count 4 }
+            { limit 3 }
+        }
+    }
+}"""
     }
     "Returning " { $link f } " on exhaustion:"
     { $example
diff --git a/core/io/io-docs.factor b/core/io/io-docs.factor
index 13048fdb61..e0b74d5ab3 100644
--- a/core/io/io-docs.factor
+++ b/core/io/io-docs.factor
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ HELP: stream-copy
 { $description "Copies the contents of one stream into another, closing both streams when done." } 
 $io-error ;
 
+HELP: stream-tell
+{ $values
+     { "stream" "a stream" } { "n" integer }
+}
+{ $description "Returns the index of the stream pointer if the stream is seekable." }
+{ $notes "Stream seeking is not supported on streams that do not have a known length, e.g. TCP/IP streams." } ;
+
+
 HELP: stream-seek
 { $values
      { "n" integer } { "seek-type" "a seek singleton" } { "stream" "a stream" }
@@ -274,8 +282,11 @@ $nl
 }
 "This word is only required for string output streams:"
 { $subsections stream-nl }
-"This word is for streams that allow seeking:"
-{ $subsections stream-seek }
+"These words are for seekable streams:"
+{ $subsections
+    stream-tell
+    stream-seek
+}
 { $see-also "io.timeouts" } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "stdio-motivation" "Motivation for default streams"