diff --git a/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor b/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
index fcda5be80e..2b7c0cdb7d 100755
--- a/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
+++ b/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
@@ -541,9 +541,9 @@ $nl
     "A simple tuple class:"
     { $code "TUPLE: color red green blue ;" }
     "Declaring slots to be integer-valued:"
-    { $code "TUPLE: color" "{ \"red\" integer }" "{ \"green\" integer }" "{ \"blue\" integer } ;" }
+    { $code "TUPLE: color" "{ red integer }" "{ green integer }" "{ blue integer } ;" }
     "An example mixing short and long slot specifiers:"
-    { $code "TUPLE: person" "{ \"age\" integer initial: 0 }" "{ \"department\" string initial: \"Marketing\" }" "manager ;" }
+    { $code "TUPLE: person" "{ age integer initial: 0 }" "{ department string initial: \"Marketing\" }" "manager ;" }
 } ;
 
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