diff --git a/basis/opengl/opengl-docs.factor b/basis/opengl/opengl-docs.factor
index f474c97b73..b773833280 100644
--- a/basis/opengl/opengl-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/opengl/opengl-docs.factor
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ HELP: do-enabled
 { $description "Wraps a quotation in " { $link glEnable } "/" { $link glDisable } " calls." } ;
 
 HELP: do-matrix
-{ $values { "mode" { $link GL_MODELVIEW } " or " { $link GL_PROJECTION } } { "quot" quotation } }
-{ $description "Saves and restores the matrix specified by " { $snippet "mode" } " before and after calling the quotation." } ;
+{ $values { "quot" quotation } }
+{ $description "Saves and restores the current matrix before and after calling the quotation." } ;
 
 HELP: gl-line
 { $values { "a" "a pair of integers" } { "b" "a pair of integers" } }
diff --git a/basis/opengl/opengl.factor b/basis/opengl/opengl.factor
index 0a21f67376..c60917b42a 100644
--- a/basis/opengl/opengl.factor
+++ b/basis/opengl/opengl.factor
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ MACRO: all-enabled ( seq quot -- )
 MACRO: all-enabled-client-state ( seq quot -- )
     [ words>values ] dip '[ _ _ (all-enabled-client-state) ] ;
 
-: do-matrix ( mode quot -- )
-    swap [ glMatrixMode glPushMatrix call ] keep
-    glMatrixMode glPopMatrix ; inline
+: do-matrix ( quot -- )
+    glPushMatrix call glPopMatrix ; inline
 
 : gl-material ( face pname params -- )
     float-array{ } like glMaterialfv ;
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ MACRO: set-draw-buffers ( buffers -- )
 : delete-dlist ( id -- ) 1 glDeleteLists ;
 
 : with-translation ( loc quot -- )
-    GL_MODELVIEW [ [ gl-translate ] dip call ] do-matrix ; inline
+    [ [ gl-translate ] dip call ] do-matrix ; inline
 
 : fix-coordinates ( point1 point2 -- x1 y2 x2 y2 )
     [ first2 [ >fixnum ] bi@ ] bi@ ;
@@ -177,6 +176,7 @@ MACRO: set-draw-buffers ( buffers -- )
     fix-coordinates glViewport ;
 
 : init-matrices ( -- )
+    #! Leaves with matrix mode GL_MODELVIEW
     GL_PROJECTION glMatrixMode
     glLoadIdentity
     GL_MODELVIEW glMatrixMode
diff --git a/basis/ui/text/text.factor b/basis/ui/text/text.factor
index d787fe8ea9..2edb20fc22 100755
--- a/basis/ui/text/text.factor
+++ b/basis/ui/text/text.factor
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ M: string draw-text draw-string ;
 M: selection draw-text draw-string ;
 
 M: array draw-text
-    GL_MODELVIEW [
+    [
         [
             [ draw-string ]
             [ [ 0.0 ] 2dip string-height 0.0 glTranslated ] 2bi