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@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ A list is a dynamic, ordered data structed.
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 ```forth
-1 2 3 4 5 <list*> \ loads all items from the stack into a list
+1 2 3 4 5 <list*> \ creates a new list and loads all items from the stack into it
 ```
   
 ```forth