diff --git a/extra/morse/morse-docs.factor b/extra/morse/morse-docs.factor
index 60befeb2af..c11ba23db7 100644
--- a/extra/morse/morse-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/morse/morse-docs.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2007 Alex Chapman
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: help.markup help.syntax morse ;
+USING: help.markup help.syntax ;
+IN: morse
 
 HELP: ch>morse
 { $values
@@ -11,3 +12,14 @@ HELP: morse>ch
 { $values
     { "str" "A string of dots and dashes that represents a single character in morse code" } { "ch" "The translated character" } }
 { $description "If the given string represents a morse code character, then return that character, otherwise return f" } ;
+
+HELP: >morse
+{ $values
+    { "str" "A string of ASCII characters which can be translated into morse code" } { "str" "A string in morse code" } }
+{ $description "Translates ASCII text into morse code, represented by a series of dots, dashes, and slashes." }
+{ $see-also morse> ch>morse } ;
+
+HELP: morse>
+{ $values { "str" "A string of morse code, in which the character '.' represents dots, '-' dashes, ' ' spaces between letters, and ' / ' spaces between words." } { "str" "The ASCII translation of the given string" } }
+{ $description "Translates morse code into ASCII text" }
+{ $see-also >morse morse>ch } ;
diff --git a/extra/morse/morse.factor b/extra/morse/morse.factor
index fdb4bf7c4e..e88e2f6c83 100644
--- a/extra/morse/morse.factor
+++ b/extra/morse/morse.factor
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ PRIVATE>
 : dot ( -- ch ) CHAR: . ;
 : dash ( -- ch ) CHAR: - ;
 : char-gap ( -- ch ) CHAR: \s ;
-: word-gap ( -- ch ) " / " ;
+: word-gap ( -- ch ) CHAR: / ;
 
 : =parser ( obj -- parser )
     [ = ] curry satisfy ;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ LAZY: 'char-gap' ( -- parser )
     char-gap =parser ;
 
 LAZY: 'word-gap' ( -- parser )
-    word-gap token ;
+    word-gap =parser ;
 
 LAZY: 'morse-char' ( -- parser )
     'dot' 'dash' <|> <+> ;