diff --git a/basis/lists/lists-docs.factor b/basis/lists/lists-docs.factor
index 67e36787f2..28cd82c639 100644
--- a/basis/lists/lists-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/lists/lists-docs.factor
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ ARTICLE: "lists-protocol" "The list protocol"
 ARTICLE: "lists-strict" "Constructing strict lists"
 "Strict lists are simply cons cells where the car and cdr have already been evaluated. These are the lists of Lisp. To construct a strict list, the following words are provided:"
 { $subsections
-    \ L{
     cons
     swons
     sequence>list
@@ -63,15 +62,6 @@ ARTICLE: "lists-manipulation" "Manipulating lists"
     lcut
 } ;
 
-HELP: L{
-{ $syntax "L{ val1 val2... }" }
-{ $values { "val1" object } { "val2" object } }
-{ $example
-    "USING: lists prettyprint ; L{ 1 2 3 } ."
-    "L{ 1 2 3 }"
-}
-{ $description "Constructs a list literal from a sequence." } ;
-
 HELP: cons
 { $values { "car" "the head of the list cell" } { "cdr" "the tail of the list cell" } { "cons-state" list } }
 { $description "Constructs a cons cell." } ;