diff --git a/basis/io/directories/directories-docs.factor b/basis/io/directories/directories-docs.factor
index bf47a77e89..90d51249bf 100644
--- a/basis/io/directories/directories-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/io/directories/directories-docs.factor
@@ -45,9 +45,17 @@ HELP: directory-entries
 { $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "seq" "a sequence of " { $link directory-entry } " objects" } }
 { $description "Outputs the contents of a directory named by " { $snippet "path" } "." } ;
 
+HELP: qualified-directory-entries
+{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "seq" "a sequence of " { $link directory-entry } " objects" } }
+{ $description "Outputs the contents of a directory named by " { $snippet "path" } ". using absolute file paths." } ;
+
 HELP: directory-files
 { $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "seq" "a sequence of filenames" } }
-{ $description "Outputs the contents of a directory named by " { $snippet "path" } "." } ;
+{ $description "Outputs the contents of a directory named by " { $snippet "path" } " as a sequence of filenames." } ;
+
+HELP: qualified-directory-files
+{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "seq" "a sequence of filenames" } }
+{ $description "Outputs the contents of a directory named by " { $snippet "path" } " as a sequence of absolute paths." } ;
 
 HELP: with-directory-files
 { $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "quot" quotation } }
@@ -148,6 +156,10 @@ ARTICLE: "io.directories.listing" "Directory listing"
     directory-files
     with-directory-entries
     with-directory-files
+    qualified-directory-entries
+    qualified-directory-files
+    with-qualified-directory-files
+    with-qualified-directory-entries
 } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "io.directories.create" "Creating directories"
diff --git a/basis/io/directories/directories.factor b/basis/io/directories/directories.factor
index 55ef1e359b..d9353d8113 100644
--- a/basis/io/directories/directories.factor
+++ b/basis/io/directories/directories.factor
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ HOOK: (directory-entries) os ( path -- seq )
 : with-directory-files ( path quot -- )
     '[ "" directory-files @ ] with-directory ; inline
 
+: qualified-directory-entries ( path -- seq )
+    absolute-path
+    dup directory-entries [ [ append-path ] change-name ] with map! ;
+
+: qualified-directory-files ( path -- seq )
+    absolute-path
+    dup directory-files [ append-path ] with map! ;
+
+: with-qualified-directory-files ( path quot -- )
+    '[ "" qualified-directory-files @ ] with-directory ; inline
+
+: with-qualified-directory-entries ( path quot -- )
+    '[ "" qualified-directory-entries @ ] with-directory ; inline
+
 ! Touching files
 HOOK: touch-file io-backend ( path -- )
 
diff --git a/basis/io/directories/search/search.factor b/basis/io/directories/search/search.factor
index 79e2d9cd20..98776a45ae 100644
--- a/basis/io/directories/search/search.factor
+++ b/basis/io/directories/search/search.factor
@@ -6,20 +6,6 @@ kernel.private locals math sequences sequences.extras sorting
 strings system unicode vocabs ;
 IN: io.directories.search
 
-: qualified-directory-entries ( path -- seq )
-    absolute-path
-    dup directory-entries [ [ append-path ] change-name ] with map! ;
-
-: qualified-directory-files ( path -- seq )
-    absolute-path
-    dup directory-files [ append-path ] with map! ;
-
-: with-qualified-directory-files ( path quot -- )
-    '[ "" qualified-directory-files @ ] with-directory ; inline
-
-: with-qualified-directory-entries ( path quot -- )
-    '[ "" qualified-directory-entries @ ] with-directory ; inline
-
 <PRIVATE
 
 TUPLE: directory-iterator