diff --git a/basis/math/matrices/matrices-docs.factor b/basis/math/matrices/matrices-docs.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11a5e45857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/math/matrices/matrices-docs.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+USING: help.markup help.syntax math sequences ;
+
+IN: math.matrices
+
+HELP: zero-matrix
+{ $values { "m" integer } { "n" integer } { "matrix" sequence } }
+{ $description "Creates a matrix of size " { $snippet "m x n" } ", filled with zeroes." } ;
+
+HELP: diagonal-matrix
+{ $values { "diagonal-seq" sequence } { "matrix" sequence } }
+{ $description "Creates a matrix with the specified diagonal values." } ;
+
+HELP: identity-matrix
+{ $values { "n" integer } { "matrix" sequence } }
+{ $description "Creates an identity matrix of size " { $snippet "n x n" } ", where the diagonal values are all ones." } ;
+
+HELP: kron
+{ $values { "m1" sequence } { "m2" sequence } { "m" sequence } }
+{ $description "Calculates the Kronecker product of two matrices." }
+{ $examples
+    { $example "USING: math.matrices prettyprint ;"
+        "{ { 1 2 } { 3 4 } } { { 0 5 } { 6 7 } } kron ."
+        "{ { 0 5 0 10 } { 6 7 12 14 } { 0 15 0 20 } { 18 21 24 28 } }" }
+} ;
diff --git a/basis/math/matrices/matrices.factor b/basis/math/matrices/matrices.factor
index a408ecb975..857f4905c7 100644
--- a/basis/math/matrices/matrices.factor
+++ b/basis/math/matrices/matrices.factor
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ IN: math.matrices
     make-bits over first length identity-matrix
     [ [ dupd m. ] when [ dup m. ] dip ] reduce nip ;
 
-
 : stitch ( m -- m' )
     [ ] [ [ append ] 2map ] map-reduce ;