diff --git a/extra/annotations/annotations-docs.factor b/extra/annotations/annotations-docs.factor
index c340554119..1effdf4067 100644
--- a/extra/annotations/annotations-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/annotations/annotations-docs.factor
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ IN: annotations
 : comment-usage.-word ( base -- word ) "s." append "annotations" lookup ; 
 PRIVATE>
 
+: $annotation ( element -- )
+    P first
+    [ "!" " your comment here" surround 1array $syntax ]
+    [ [ "Treats the rest of the line after the exclamation point as a code annotation that can be looked up with the " \ $link ] dip comment-usage.-word 2array " word." 3array $description ]
+    [ ": foo ( x y z -- w )\n    !" " --w-ó()ò-w-- kilroy was here\n    + * ;" surround 1array $unchecked-example ]
+    tri ;
+
+: $annotation-usage. ( element -- )
+    first
+    [ "Displays a list of words, help articles, and vocabularies that contain " \ $link ] dip comment-word 2array " annotations." 3array $description ;
+
+: $annotation-usage ( element -- )
+    first
+    { "usages" sequence } $values
+    [ "Returns a list of words, help articles, and vocabularies that contain " \ $link ] dip [ comment-word 2array " annotations. For a more user-friendly display, use the " \ $link ] [ comment-usage.-word 2array " word." 6 narray ] bi 1array $description ;
+
 "Code annotations"
 {
     "The " { $vocab-link "annotations" } " vocabulary provides syntax for comment-like annotations that can be looked up with Factor's " { $link usage } " mechanism."
@@ -26,17 +42,9 @@ annotation-tags natural-sort
 
 annotation-tags [
     {
-        [ [ \ $syntax ] dip "!" " your comment here" surround 2array ]
-        [ [ \ $description "Treats the rest of the line after the exclamation point as a code annotation that can be looked up with the " \ $link ] dip comment-usage.-word 2array " word." 4array ]
-        [ [ \ $unchecked-example ] dip ": foo ( x y z -- w )\n    !" " --w-ó()ò-w-- kilroy was here\n    + * ;" surround 2array 3array ]
-        [ comment-word set-word-help ]
-
-        [ [ \ $description "Displays a list of words, help articles, and vocabularies that contain " \ $link ] dip comment-word 2array " annotations." 4array 1array ]
-        [ comment-usage.-word set-word-help ]
-
-        [ [ { $values { "usages" sequence } } \ $description "Returns a list of words, help articles, and vocabularies that contain " \ $link ] dip [ comment-word 2array " annotations. For a more user-friendly display, use the " \ $link ] [ comment-usage.-word 2array " word." 6 narray 2array ] bi ]
-        [ comment-usage-word set-word-help ]
-
+        [ [ \ $annotation swap 2array 1array ] [ comment-word set-word-help ] bi ]
+        [ [ \ $annotation-usage swap 2array 1array ] [ comment-usage-word set-word-help ] bi ]
+        [ [ \ $annotation-usage. swap 2array 1array ] [ comment-usage.-word set-word-help ] bi ]
         [ [ comment-word ] [ comment-usage-word ] [ comment-usage.-word ] tri 3array related-words ]
     } cleave
 ] each