diff --git a/basis/listener/listener.factor b/basis/listener/listener.factor
index 34d9eac121..57d1fd3964 100644
--- a/basis/listener/listener.factor
+++ b/basis/listener/listener.factor
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ SYMBOL: interactive-vocabs
     "syntax"
     "tools.annotations"
     "tools.crossref"
+    "tools.destructors"
     "tools.disassembler"
     "tools.errors"
     "tools.memory"
diff --git a/basis/tools/destructors/destructors-docs.factor b/basis/tools/destructors/destructors-docs.factor
index e5a8f0318b..e01c61db00 100644
--- a/basis/tools/destructors/destructors-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/destructors/destructors-docs.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2009 Slava Pestov.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: help.markup help.syntax quotations ;
+USING: help.markup help.syntax help.tips quotations destructors ;
 IN: tools.destructors
 
 HELP: disposables.
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ HELP: leaks
 { $values
     { "quot" quotation }
 }
-{ $description "Runs a quotation, printing any increases in the number of disposable objects after the quotation returns." } ;
+{ $description "Runs a quotation, printing any increases in the number of disposable objects after the quotation returns. The " { $link debug-leaks? } " variable is also switched on while the quotation runs, recording the current continuation in every newly-created disposable object." } ;
+
+TIP: "Use the " { $link leaks } " combinator to track down resource leaks." ;
 
 ARTICLE: "tools.destructors" "Destructor tools"
 "The " { $vocab-link "tools.destructors" } " vocabulary provides words for tracking down resource leaks."
+{ $subsection debug-leaks? }
 { $subsection disposables. }
 { $subsection leaks }
 { $see-also "destructors" } ;
diff --git a/basis/tools/destructors/destructors-tests.factor b/basis/tools/destructors/destructors-tests.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24904f76f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/tools/destructors/destructors-tests.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+USING: kernel tools.destructors tools.test destructors namespaces ;
+IN: tools.destructors.tests
+
+f debug-leaks? set-global
+
+[ [ 3 throw ] leaks ] must-fail
+
+[ f ] [ debug-leaks? get-global ] unit-test
+
+[ ] [ [ ] leaks ] unit-test
+
+[ f ] [ debug-leaks? get-global ] unit-test
+
diff --git a/basis/tools/destructors/destructors.factor b/basis/tools/destructors/destructors.factor
index c0aa35b049..42d09d0ef9 100644
--- a/basis/tools/destructors/destructors.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/destructors/destructors.factor
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ PRIVATE>
     t debug-leaks? set-global
     [
         [ call disposables get clone ] dip
-    ] [ ] [ f debug-leaks? set-global ] cleanup
+    ] [ f debug-leaks? set-global ] [ ] cleanup
      assoc-diff (disposables.) ; inline
diff --git a/core/destructors/destructors-docs.factor b/core/destructors/destructors-docs.factor
index 8a0c36b99a..a342352b90 100644
--- a/core/destructors/destructors-docs.factor
+++ b/core/destructors/destructors-docs.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 USING: help.markup help.syntax libc kernel continuations io
-sequences ;
+sequences classes ;
 IN: destructors
 
+HELP: debug-leaks?
+{ $var-description "When this variable is on, " { $link new-disposable } " stores the current continuation in the " { $link disposable } "'s " { $slot "continuation" } " slot." }
+{ $see-also "tools.destructors" } ;
+
+HELP: disposable
+{ $class-description "Parent class for disposable resources. This class has three slots:"
+    { $list
+        { { $slot "disposed" } " - boolean. Set to true by " { $link dispose } ". Assert that it is false with " { $link check-disposed } "." }
+        { { $slot "id" } " - unique identifier. Set by " { $link new-disposable } "." }
+        { { $slot "continuation" } " - current continuation at construction time, for debugging. Set by " { $link new-disposable } " if " { $link debug-leaks? } " is on." }
+    }
+"New instances must be constructed with " { $link new-disposable } " and subclasses must implement " { $link dispose* } "." } ;
+
+HELP: new-disposable
+{ $values { "class" class } { "disposable" disposable } }
+{ $description "Constructs a new instance of a subclass of " { $link disposable } ". This sets the " { $slot "id" } " slot, registers the new object with the global " { $link disposables } " set, and if " { $link debug-leaks? } " is on, stores the current continuation in the " { $slot "continuation" } " slot." } ;
+
 HELP: dispose
 { $values { "disposable" "a disposable object" } }
 { $contract "Releases operating system resources associated with a disposable object. Disposable objects include streams, memory mapped files, and so on."
@@ -52,7 +69,8 @@ HELP: dispose-each
 { $description "Attempts to dispose of each element of a sequence and collects all of the errors into a sequence. If any errors are thrown during disposal, the last error is rethrown after all objects have been disposed." } ;
 
 HELP: disposables
-{ $var-description "Global variable holding all disposable objects which have not been disposed of yet. The " { $link new-disposable } " word adds objects here, and the " { $link dispose } " method on disposables removes them. The " { $link "tools.destructors" } " vocabulary provides some words for working with this data." } ;
+{ $var-description "Global variable holding all disposable objects which have not been disposed of yet. The " { $link new-disposable } " word adds objects here, and the " { $link dispose } " method on disposables removes them. The " { $link "tools.destructors" } " vocabulary provides some words for working with this data." }
+{ $see-also "tools.destructors" } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "destructors-anti-patterns" "Resource disposal anti-patterns"
 "Words which create objects corresponding to external resources should always be used with " { $link with-disposal } ". The following code is wrong:"