diff --git a/extra/tools/deploy/deploy-docs.factor b/extra/tools/deploy/deploy-docs.factor
index 5135332955..eccb3982c7 100755
--- a/extra/tools/deploy/deploy-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/tools/deploy/deploy-docs.factor
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $nl
 { $list
    { "On Mac OS X, this yields a program named " { $snippet "Hello world.app" } "." }
    { "On Windows, it yields a directory named " { $snippet "Hello world" } " containing a program named " { $snippet "hello-ui.exe" } "." }
-   { "On Linux, it yields a directory named " { $snippet "Hello world" } " containing a program named " { $snippet "hello-ui" } "." }
+   { "On Unix-like systems (Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc), it yields a directory named " { $snippet "Hello world" } " containing a program named " { $snippet "hello-ui" } "." }
 }
 "In all cases, running the program displays a window with a message."
 $nl
diff --git a/extra/tools/deploy/deploy.factor b/extra/tools/deploy/deploy.factor
index 6a91fab798..bbeadc40cd 100755
--- a/extra/tools/deploy/deploy.factor
+++ b/extra/tools/deploy/deploy.factor
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ IN: tools.deploy
 
 os macosx? [ "tools.deploy.macosx" require ] when
 os winnt? [ "tools.deploy.windows" require ] when
-os linux? [ "tools.deploy.linux" require ] when
\ No newline at end of file
+os unix? [ "tools.deploy.unix" require ] when
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extra/tools/deploy/linux/summary.txt b/extra/tools/deploy/linux/summary.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e2e8fbac4..0000000000
--- a/extra/tools/deploy/linux/summary.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Deploying minimal stand-alone Linux binaries
diff --git a/extra/tools/deploy/linux/authors.txt b/extra/tools/deploy/unix/authors.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from extra/tools/deploy/linux/authors.txt
rename to extra/tools/deploy/unix/authors.txt
diff --git a/extra/tools/deploy/unix/summary.txt b/extra/tools/deploy/unix/summary.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cd80c5e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/tools/deploy/unix/summary.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deploying minimal stand-alone binaries on *nix-like systems
diff --git a/extra/tools/deploy/linux/tags.txt b/extra/tools/deploy/unix/tags.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from extra/tools/deploy/linux/tags.txt
rename to extra/tools/deploy/unix/tags.txt
diff --git a/extra/tools/deploy/linux/linux.factor b/extra/tools/deploy/unix/unix.factor
similarity index 100%
rename from extra/tools/deploy/linux/linux.factor
rename to extra/tools/deploy/unix/unix.factor