diff --git a/basis/command-line/command-line-docs.factor b/basis/command-line/command-line-docs.factor
index 065349f747..23de15fd30 100644
--- a/basis/command-line/command-line-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/command-line/command-line-docs.factor
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ $nl
 ARTICLE: ".factor-roots" "Additional vocabulary roots file"
 "The vocabulary roots file is named " { $snippet ".factor-roots" } ". If it exists, it is loaded every time Factor starts. It contains a newline-separated list of " { $link "vocabs.roots" } "."
 $nl
-"A word to run this file from an existing Factor session:"
+"A word to load this file from an existing Factor session:"
 { $subsections load-vocab-roots } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "rc-files" "Running code on startup"