diff --git a/basis/help/vocabs/vocabs.factor b/basis/help/vocabs/vocabs.factor
index 1f39d06ab8..c0546a4645 100644
--- a/basis/help/vocabs/vocabs.factor
+++ b/basis/help/vocabs/vocabs.factor
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@ IN: help.vocabs
     [ "Children from " prepend ] [ "Children" ] if*
     $heading ;
 
+<PRIVATE
+: convert-prefixes ( seq -- seq' )
+    [ dup vocab-prefix? [ name>> <vocab-link> ] when ] map ;
+PRIVATE>
+
 : $vocabs ( seq -- )
-    [ vocab-row ] map vocab-headings prefix $table ;
+    convert-prefixes [ vocab-row ] map vocab-headings prefix $table ;
 
 : $vocab-roots ( assoc -- )
     [