diff --git a/extra/alien/inline/inline-docs.factor b/extra/alien/inline/inline-docs.factor
index 7f4bd510f4..260644e663 100644
--- a/extra/alien/inline/inline-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/alien/inline/inline-docs.factor
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ HELP: RAW-C:
 { $syntax "RAW-C:" "body" ";" }
 { $description "Insert a string into the generated source file. Useful for macros and other details not implemented in " { $snippet "alien.inline" } "." } ;
 
-CONSTANT: foo "abc"
-
 HELP: compile-c-library
 { $description "Writes, compiles, and links code generated since last invocation of " { $link POSTPONE: define-c-library } ". "
   "Also calls " { $snippet "add-library" } ". "
@@ -206,6 +204,10 @@ HELP: with-c-library
 }
 { $description "Calls " { $link define-c-library } ", then the quotation, then " { $link compile-c-library } ", then sets all variables bound by " { $snippet "define-c-library" } " to " { $snippet "f" } "." } ;
 
+HELP: raw-c
+{ $values { "str" string } }
+{ $description "Insert a string into the generated source file. Useful for macros and other details not implemented in " { $snippet "alien.inline" } "." } ;
+
 ARTICLE: "alien.inline" "Inline C"
 { $vocab-link "alien.inline" }
 ;
diff --git a/extra/alien/inline/inline.factor b/extra/alien/inline/inline.factor
index 2514d30873..4582782c41 100644
--- a/extra/alien/inline/inline.factor
+++ b/extra/alien/inline/inline.factor
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ PRIVATE>
     [ [ define-c-library ] dip call compile-c-library ]
     [ cleanup-variables ] [ ] cleanup ; inline
 
+: raw-c ( str -- )
+    [ "\n" % % "\n" % ] "" make c-strings get push ;
+
 SYNTAX: C-LIBRARY: scan define-c-library ;
 
 SYNTAX: COMPILE-AS-C++ t library-is-c++ set ;
@@ -146,5 +149,4 @@ SYNTAX: ;C-LIBRARY compile-c-library ;
 
 SYNTAX: DELETE-C-LIBRARY: scan delete-inline-library ;
 
-SYNTAX: RAW-C:
-    [ "\n" % parse-here % "\n" % c-strings get push ] "" make ;
+SYNTAX: RAW-C: parse-here raw-c ;