diff --git a/basis/pack/pack.factor b/basis/pack/pack.factor
index 8fe0e9f8a9..80e54dfb6a 100644
--- a/basis/pack/pack.factor
+++ b/basis/pack/pack.factor
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ GENERIC: >n-byte-array ( obj n -- byte-array )
 M: integer >n-byte-array ( m n -- byte-array ) >endian ;
 
 ! for doing native, platform-dependent sized values
-M: string >n-byte-array ( n string -- byte-array ) heap-size >n-byte-array ;
+M: object >n-byte-array ( n string -- byte-array ) heap-size >n-byte-array ;
 
 : s8>byte-array ( n -- byte-array ) 1 >n-byte-array ;
 : u8>byte-array ( n -- byte-array ) 1 >n-byte-array ;