diff --git a/basis/hints/hints-docs.factor b/basis/hints/hints-docs.factor
index e6ca1ff26b..99c4a2ddfc 100644
--- a/basis/hints/hints-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/hints/hints-docs.factor
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ $nl
 $nl
 "Type hints are declared with a parsing word:"
 { $subsection POSTPONE: HINTS: }
-$nl
 "The specialized version of a word which will be compiled by the compiler can be inspected:"
 { $subsection specialized-def } ;