diff --git a/core/compiler/units/units-docs.factor b/core/compiler/units/units-docs.factor
index a65dddb81a..8fb41c24a5 100644
--- a/core/compiler/units/units-docs.factor
+++ b/core/compiler/units/units-docs.factor
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ $nl
   "Manually creating a word using the non-optimizing compiler:"
   { $example
     "USING: compiler.units io ;"
-    "IN: test SYMBOL: foo"
+    "IN: scratchpad"
+    ": foo ( -- ) ;"
     "{ { foo [ \"hello!\" write nl ] } } t t modify-code-heap foo"
     "hello!"
   }