diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/build-stack-frame/build-stack-frame-docs.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/build-stack-frame/build-stack-frame-docs.factor
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index 0000000000..77b84ab6ad
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+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/build-stack-frame/build-stack-frame-docs.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+USING: assocs compiler.cfg compiler.cfg.stack-frame help.markup help.syntax ;
+IN: compiler.cfg.build-stack-frame
+
+ARTICLE: "compiler.cfg.build-stack-frame" "Computing stack frame size and layout"
+"The " { $vocab-link "compiler.cfg.build-stack-frame" } " vocab builds stack frames for cfg:s." ;
+
+HELP: frame-required?
+{ $var-description "Whether the word being compiled requires a stack frame or not. Most words does, but very simple words does not." } ;
+
+HELP: compute-stack-frame
+{ $values { "cfg" cfg } { "stack-frame/f" stack-frame } }
+{ $description "Initializes a stack frame for a cfg, if it needs one." }
+{ $see-also frame-required? } ;
+
+HELP: finalize-stack-frame
+{ $values { "stack-frame" stack-frame } }
+{ $description "Calculates the " { $slot "allot-area-base" } ", " { $slot "spill-area-base" } " and " { $slot "total-size" } " slots of a stack frame." } ;
+
+ABOUT: "compiler.cfg.build-stack-frame"
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/build-stack-frame/build-stack-frame-tests.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/build-stack-frame/build-stack-frame-tests.factor
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index 0000000000..760be82c09
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+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/build-stack-frame/build-stack-frame-tests.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+USING: accessors compiler.cfg compiler.cfg.build-stack-frame
+compiler.cfg.instructions compiler.cfg.stack-frame kernel slots.syntax
+tools.test ;
+IN: compiler.cfg.build-stack-frame.tests
+
+{
+    ! 91 8 align
+    96
+    ! 91 8 align 16 +
+    112
+    ! 91 8 align 16 + 16 8 align + cell + 16 align
+    144
+} [
+    T{ stack-frame
+       { params 91 }
+       { allot-area-align 8 }
+       { allot-area-size 10 }
+       { spill-area-align 8 }
+       { spill-area-size 16 }
+    } dup finalize-stack-frame
+    slots[ allot-area-base spill-area-base total-size ]
+] unit-test