diff --git a/basis/math/functions/functions-docs.factor b/basis/math/functions/functions-docs.factor
index e04397a50a..765f99c9b9 100644
--- a/basis/math/functions/functions-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/math/functions/functions-docs.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 USING: help.markup help.syntax kernel math math.order
-sequences quotations math.functions.private ;
+sequences quotations math.functions.private math.constants ;
 IN: math.functions
 
 ARTICLE: "integer-functions" "Integer functions"
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ ARTICLE: "power-functions" "Powers and logarithms"
 "Other logarithms:"
 { $subsections log1+ log10 }
 "Raising a number to a power:"
-{ $subsections ^ 10^ }
+{ $subsections ^ e^ 10^ }
+"Logistics functions:"
+{ $subsections sigmoid }
 "Finding the root of a number:"
 { $subsections nth-root }
 "Converting between rectangular and polar form:"
@@ -273,6 +275,10 @@ HELP: 10^
 { $values { "x" number } { "y" number } }
 { $description "Raises 10 to the power of " { $snippet "x" } ". If " { $snippet "x" } " is an integer the answer is computed exactly, otherwise a floating point approximation is used." } ;
 
+HELP: e^
+{ $values { "x" number } { "y" number } }
+{ $description "Raises " { $link e } " to the power of " { $snippet "x" } "." } ;
+
 HELP: gcd
 { $values { "x" integer } { "y" integer } { "a" integer } { "d" integer } }
 { $description "Computes the positive greatest common divisor " { $snippet "d" } " of " { $snippet "x" } " and " { $snippet "y" } ", and another value " { $snippet "a" } " satisfying:" { $code "a*y = d mod x" } }
@@ -330,3 +336,7 @@ HELP: roots
 { $values { "x" number } { "t" integer } { "seq" sequence } }
 { $description "Outputs the " { $snippet "t" } " roots of a number " { $snippet "x" } "." }
 { $notes "The results are not necessarily real." } ;
+
+HELP: sigmoid
+{ $values { "x" number } { "y" number } }
+{ $description "Outputs the sigmoid, an S-shaped \"logistic\" function, from 0 to 1, of the number " { $snippet "x" } "." } ;
diff --git a/basis/math/functions/functions-tests.factor b/basis/math/functions/functions-tests.factor
index 44f7dec268..19565b5d84 100644
--- a/basis/math/functions/functions-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/math/functions/functions-tests.factor
@@ -240,3 +240,7 @@ CONSTANT: log10-factorial-1000 0x1.40f3593ed6f8ep11
 ] unit-test
 
 { t } [ 3 15 roots [ 15 ^ 3 .01 ~ ] all? ] unit-test
+
+{ t } [ 1 e^ e .0000000001 ~ ] unit-test
+{ 1 } [ 0 e^ ] unit-test
+{ 1/2 } [ 0 sigmoid ] unit-test
diff --git a/basis/math/functions/functions.factor b/basis/math/functions/functions.factor
index 291bcf2516..993e9ad1a5 100644
--- a/basis/math/functions/functions.factor
+++ b/basis/math/functions/functions.factor
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ M: float log1+ dup -1.0 >= [ flog1+ ] [ 1.0 + 0.0 rect> log ] if ; inline
 
 : 10^ ( x -- y ) 10 swap ^ ; inline
 
+: e^ ( x -- y ) e swap ^ ; inline
+
 GENERIC: log10 ( x -- y ) foldable
 
 M: real log10 >float flog10 ; inline
@@ -362,3 +364,5 @@ M: real atan >float atan ; inline
     [ [ log ] [ recip ] bi* * exp ]
     [ recip 2pi * 0 swap complex boa exp ]
     [ iota [ ^ * ] with with map ] tri ;
+
+: sigmoid ( x -- y ) neg e^ 1 + recip ; inline