diff --git a/core/splitting/splitting-docs.factor b/core/splitting/splitting-docs.factor
index 5edadbbdae..b0bc88b17b 100644
--- a/core/splitting/splitting-docs.factor
+++ b/core/splitting/splitting-docs.factor
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ HELP: string-lines
 { $values { "str" string } { "seq" "a sequence of strings" } }
 { $description "Splits a string along line breaks." }
 { $examples
-    { $example "USING: prettyprint splitting ;" "\"Hello\\r\\nworld\\n\" string-lines ." "{ \"Hello\" \"world\" \"\" }" }
+    { $example "USING: prettyprint splitting ;" "\"Hello\\r\\nworld\\n\" string-lines ." "{ \"Hello\" \"world\" }" }
 } ;
 
 HELP: replace