diff --git a/basis/help/cookbook/cookbook.factor b/basis/help/cookbook/cookbook.factor
index 9fb837a873..6e27bd9256 100644
--- a/basis/help/cookbook/cookbook.factor
+++ b/basis/help/cookbook/cookbook.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 USING: help.markup help.syntax io kernel math namespaces parser
-prettyprint sequences vocabs.loader namespaces stack-checker ;
+prettyprint sequences vocabs.loader namespaces stack-checker
+help ;
 IN: help.cookbook
 
 ARTICLE: "cookbook-syntax" "Basic syntax cookbook"
@@ -324,6 +325,19 @@ ARTICLE: "cookbook-pitfalls" "Pitfalls to avoid"
     { "If " { $link run-file } " throws a stack depth assertion, it means that the top-level form in the file left behind values on the stack. The stack depth is compared before and after loading a source file, since this type of situation is almost always an error. If you have a legitimate need to load a source file which returns data in some manner, define a word in the source file which produces this data on the stack and call the word after loading the file." }
 } ;
 
+ARTICLE: "cookbook-next" "Next steps"
+"Once you have read through " { $link "first-program" } " and " { $link "cookbook" } ", the best way to keep learning Factor is to start looking at some simple example programs. Here are a few particularly nice vocabularies which should keep you busy for a little while:"
+{ $list
+    { $vocab-link "base64" }
+    { $vocab-link "roman" }
+    { $vocab-link "rot13" }
+    { $vocab-link "smtp" }
+    { $vocab-link "time-server" }
+    { $vocab-link "tools.hexdump" }
+    { $vocab-link "webapps.counter" }
+}
+"If you see code in there that you do not understand, use " { $link see } " and " { $link help } " to explore." ;
+
 ARTICLE: "cookbook" "Factor cookbook"
 "The Factor cookbook is a high-level overview of the most important concepts required to program in Factor."
 { $subsection "cookbook-syntax" }
@@ -336,6 +350,7 @@ ARTICLE: "cookbook" "Factor cookbook"
 { $subsection "cookbook-scripts" }
 { $subsection "cookbook-compiler" }
 { $subsection "cookbook-philosophy" }
-{ $subsection "cookbook-pitfalls" } ;
+{ $subsection "cookbook-pitfalls" }
+{ $subsection "cookbook-next" } ;
 
 ABOUT: "cookbook"