 { $values { "string" string } { "word/number" "a word or number" } }
 { $description "If " { $snippet "string" } " is a valid number literal, it is converted to a number, otherwise the current vocabulary search path is searched for a word named by the string." }
 { $errors "Throws an error if the token does not name a word, and does not parse as a number." }
-{ $notes "This word is used to implement " { $link (scan-datum) } "." } ;
+{ $notes "This word is used to implement " { $link (scan-datum) } " and " { $link scan-datum } "." } ;
 
 HELP: scan-word
 { $values { "word" "a word" } }

    scan-number
    scan-object
}
"Lower-level words:"
{ $subsections
    (scan-token)
    (scan-datum)

{ scan-word parse-word } related-words

HELP: scan-word-name
{ $values { "string" string } }
{ $description "Reads the next token from parser input and makes sure it does not parse as a number." }
{ $errors "Throws an error if the scanned token is a number or upon finding end of file." }
$parsing-note ;

HELP: (scan-datum)
{ $values { "word/number/f" "a word, a number, or " { $link f } } }
{ $description "Reads the next token from parser input. If the token is found in the vocabulary search path, returns the word named by the token. If the token does not find a word, it is next converted to a number. If this conversion fails, too, this word returns " { $link f } "." }
$parsing-note ;

HELP: scan-datum
{ $values { "word/number" "a word or a number" } }
{ $description "Reads the next token from parser input. If the token is found in the vocabulary search path, returns the word named be the token. If the token is not found in the vocabulary search path, it is converted to a number. If this conversion fails, an error is thrown." }
{ $errors "Throws an error if the token is not a number or end of file is reached." }
$parsing-note ;

HELP: scan-number
{ $values { "number" "a number" } }
{ $description "Reads the next token from parser input. If the token is a number literal, it is converted to a number. Otherwise, it throws an error." }
{ $errors "Throws an error if the token is not a number or end of file is reached." }
$parsing-note ;

