diff --git a/basis/io/encodings/strict/strict-docs.factor b/basis/io/encodings/strict/strict-docs.factor
index e11bf52467..9cbf4be842 100644
--- a/basis/io/encodings/strict/strict-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/io/encodings/strict/strict-docs.factor
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ USING: help.syntax help.markup ;
 IN: io.encodings.strict
 
 HELP: strict
-{ $values { "code" "an encoding descriptor" } { "strict" "a strict encoding descriptor" } }
+{ $values { "code" "an encoding descriptor" } { "strict-state" "a strict encoding descriptor" } }
 { $description "Makes an encoding strict, that is, in the presence of a malformed code point, an error is thrown. Note that the existence of a replacement character in a file (U+FFFD) also throws an error." } ;