diff --git a/forth.html.markdown b/forth.html.markdown
index 0521a3ab..25a9f3b8 100644
--- a/forth.html.markdown
+++ b/forth.html.markdown
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ Forth, but most of what is written here should work elsewhere.
 
 \ The `:` word sets Forth into compile mode until it sees the `;` word.
 : square ( n -- n ) dup * ;    \ ok
+5 square .                     \ 25 ok
 
 \ We can view what a word does too:
-see square     \ dup * ; ok
+see square     \ : square dup * ; ok
 
 \ -------------------------------- Conditionals --------------------------------
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ one-to-12                                 \ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ok
 
 \ `?do` works similarly, except it will skip the loop if the end and start
 \ numbers are equal.
-: squares ( n -- ) 0 ?do i dup * . loop ;  \ ok
+: squares ( n -- ) 0 ?do i square . loop ;  \ ok
 10 squares                                 \ 0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 ok
 
 \ Change the "step" with `+loop`: