diff --git a/core/libc/libc-docs.factor b/core/libc/libc-docs.factor
index 9596b98292..ba870560d6 100644
--- a/core/libc/libc-docs.factor
+++ b/core/libc/libc-docs.factor
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ HELP: memcpy
 
 HELP: check-ptr
 { $values { "c-ptr" "an alien address, byte array, or " { $link f } } { "checked" "an alien address or byte array with non-zero address" } }
-{ $description "Throws an error if the input is " { $link f } ". Otherwise the object remains on the data stack. This word should be used to check the return values of " { $link malloc } " and " { $link realloc } " before use." }
-{ $error-description "Callers of " { $link malloc } " and " { $link realloc } " should use " { $link check-ptr } " to throw an error in the case of a memory allocation failure." } ;
+{ $description "Throws an error if the input is " { $link f } ". Otherwise the object remains on the data stack." } ;
 
 HELP: free
 { $values { "alien" c-ptr } }
diff --git a/core/libc/libc.factor b/core/libc/libc.factor
index 71b49e940a..88c5070d1f 100644
--- a/core/libc/libc.factor
+++ b/core/libc/libc.factor
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ PRIVATE>
     "void" "libc" "memcpy" { "void*" "void*" "ulong" } alien-invoke ;
 
 : with-malloc ( size quot -- )
-    swap 1 calloc check-ptr swap keep free ; inline
+    swap 1 calloc swap keep free ; inline
diff --git a/extra/io/buffers/buffers.factor b/extra/io/buffers/buffers.factor
index e58cf3ead0..5d6eaebe6f 100644
--- a/extra/io/buffers/buffers.factor
+++ b/extra/io/buffers/buffers.factor
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ HINTS: search-buffer-until { fixnum fixnum simple-alien string } ;
     buffer-fill zero? ;
 
 : extend-buffer ( n buffer -- )
-    2dup buffer-ptr swap realloc check-ptr
+    2dup buffer-ptr swap realloc
     over set-buffer-ptr set-buffer-size ;
 
 : check-overflow ( n buffer -- )
diff --git a/extra/io/unix/launcher/launcher.factor b/extra/io/unix/launcher/launcher.factor
index 9804519fb6..61a6f706f6 100644
--- a/extra/io/unix/launcher/launcher.factor
+++ b/extra/io/unix/launcher/launcher.factor
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ USE: unix
 
 ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
-: with-fork ( quot -- pid )
+: with-fork ( child parent -- pid )
     fork [ zero? -rot if ] keep ; inline
 
 : prepare-execvp ( args -- cmd args )
diff --git a/extra/io/windows/nt/sockets/sockets.factor b/extra/io/windows/nt/sockets/sockets.factor
index 74538ac06a..47ab7795b0 100755
--- a/extra/io/windows/nt/sockets/sockets.factor
+++ b/extra/io/windows/nt/sockets/sockets.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 USING: alien alien.c-types byte-arrays continuations destructors
-io.nonblocking io io.sockets io.sockets.impl
+io.nonblocking io io.sockets io.sockets.impl namespaces
 io.streams.duplex io.windows io.windows.nt io.windows.nt.backend
 windows.winsock kernel libc math sequences threads tuples.lib ;
 IN: io.windows.nt.sockets