diff --git a/basis/stack-checker/stack-checker-docs.factor b/basis/stack-checker/stack-checker-docs.factor
index 3158cfd9a5..03e8a38f93 100644
--- a/basis/stack-checker/stack-checker-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/stack-checker/stack-checker-docs.factor
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ $nl
 "However a small change can be made:"
 { $example ": good ( ? quot: ( ? -- ) -- ) [ good ] 2keep [ not ] dip call ; inline recursive" "[ [ drop ] good ] infer." "( x -- )" }
 "An inline recursive word must have a fixed stack effect in its base case. The following will not infer:"
-{ $example
+{ $unchecked-example
     ": foo ( quot ? -- ) [ f foo ] [ call ] if ; inline"
     "[ [ 5 ] t foo ] infer."
     "The inline recursive word “foo” must be declared recursive\nword foo"