diff --git a/core/words/words-docs.factor b/core/words/words-docs.factor
index f259378f7e..069a8615ac 100755
--- a/core/words/words-docs.factor
+++ b/core/words/words-docs.factor
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ HELP: reset-generic
 $low-level-note
 { $side-effects "word" } ;
 
-HELP: <word>
+HELP: <word> ( name vocab -- word )
 { $values { "name" string } { "vocab" string } { "word" word } }
 { $description "Allocates an uninterned word with the specified name and vocabulary, and a blank word property hashtable. User code should call " { $link gensym } " to create uninterned words and " { $link create } " to create interned words." } ;
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ HELP: word
 
 HELP: set-word
 { $values { "word" word } }
-{ $description "Sets the recently defined word. Usually you would call " { $link save-location } " on a newly-defined word instead, which will in turn call this word." } ;
+{ $description "Sets the recently defined word." } ;
 
 HELP: lookup
 { $values { "name" string } { "vocab" string } { "word" "a word or " { $link f } } }