diff --git a/extra/printf/printf-docs.factor b/extra/printf/printf-docs.factor
index fdecc2ad68..f2369a7213 100755
--- a/extra/printf/printf-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/printf/printf-docs.factor
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ HELP: sprintf
 { $see-also printf } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "printf" "Formatted printing"
-"The " { $vocab-link "printf" } " and " { $vocab-link "sprintf" } " words are used for formatted printing.\n"
+"The " { $vocab-link "printf" } " vocabulary is used for formatted printing.\n"
+{ $subsection printf }
+{ $subsection sprintf }
 "\n"
 "Several format specifications exist for handling arguments of different types, and specifying attributes for the result string, including such things as maximum width, padding, and decimals.\n"
 { $table
@@ -72,3 +74,7 @@ ARTICLE: "printf" "Formatted printing"
     "\"%.10f\" formats a float to pad-right with zeros up to 10 digits beyond the decimal point."
     "\"%.5E\" formats a float into scientific notation with zeros up to 5 digits beyond the decimal point, but before the exponent."
 } ;
+
+ABOUT: "printf"
+
+
diff --git a/extra/printf/printf-tests.factor b/extra/printf/printf-tests.factor
index b365343bf0..5302048dfe 100644
--- a/extra/printf/printf-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/printf/printf-tests.factor
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ USING: kernel printf tools.test ;
 
 [ "%s" sprintf ] must-infer
 
+[ t ] [ "" "" sprintf = ] unit-test
+
+[ t ] [ "asdf" "asdf" sprintf = ] unit-test
+
 [ t ] [ "10" 10 "%d" sprintf = ] unit-test
 
 [ t ] [ "+10" 10 "%+d" sprintf = ] unit-test