diff --git a/extra/pair-rocket/authors.txt b/extra/pair-rocket/authors.txt
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+Joe Groff
diff --git a/extra/pair-rocket/pair-rocket-docs.factor b/extra/pair-rocket/pair-rocket-docs.factor
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+! (c)2009 Joe Groff bsd license
+USING: help.markup help.syntax multiline ;
+IN: pair-rocket
+
+HELP: =>
+{ $syntax "a => b" }
+{ $description "Constructs a two-element array from the objects immediately before and after the " { $snippet "=>" } ". This syntax can be used inside sequence and assoc literals." }
+{ $examples
+{ $unchecked-example <" USING: pair-rocket prettyprint ;
+
+H{ "foo" => 1 "bar" => 2 } .
+"> <" H{ { "foo" 1 } { "bar" 2 } } "> }
+}
+;
+
diff --git a/extra/pair-rocket/pair-rocket-tests.factor b/extra/pair-rocket/pair-rocket-tests.factor
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+USING: kernel pair-rocket tools.test ;
+IN: pair-rocket.tests
+
+[ { "a" 1 } ] [ "a" => 1 ] unit-test
+[ { { "a" } { 1 } } ] [ { "a" } => { 1 } ] unit-test
+[ { drop 1 } ] [ drop => 1 ] unit-test
+
+[ H{ { "zippity" 5 } { "doo" 2 } { "dah" 7 } } ]
+[ H{ "zippity" => 5 "doo" => 2 "dah" => 7 } ] unit-test
diff --git a/extra/pair-rocket/pair-rocket.factor b/extra/pair-rocket/pair-rocket.factor
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+! (c)2009 Joe Groff bsd license
+USING: arrays kernel parser sequences ;
+IN: pair-rocket
+
+SYNTAX: => dup pop scan-object 2array parsed ;
+
diff --git a/extra/pair-rocket/summary.txt b/extra/pair-rocket/summary.txt
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+H{ "foo" => 1 "bar" => 2 } style literal syntax