diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/blurbs.ss b/collects/scribblings/gui/blurbs.ss
index cba3bfd0..4e40a47d 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/blurbs.ss
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/blurbs.ss
@@ -253,11 +253,17 @@ information@|details|, even if the editor currently has delayed refreshing (see
                         (hspace 1)
                         (bytes->string/latin-1 name))))
   
+  (define (res-sym s)
+    (string->symbol (string-append "MrEd:" s)))
+
   (define (Resource s)
-    @elem{@to-element[`(quote ,(string->symbol (string-append "MrEd:" s)))]
+    @elem{@to-element[`(quote ,(res-sym s))]
           preference})
   (define (ResourceFirst s) ; fixme -- add index
-    (Resource s))
+    (let ([r (Resource s)])
+      (index* (list (format "~a preference" (res-sym s)))
+              (list r) 
+              r)))
 
   (define (edsnipsize a b c)
     @elem{An @scheme[editor-snip%] normally stretches to wrap around the size
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/prefs.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/prefs.scrbl
index 6353c82b..38375e70 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/prefs.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/prefs.scrbl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #lang scribble/doc
-@(require "common.ss")
+@(require "common.ss"
+          (for-label scheme/file))
 
 @title[#:tag "mredprefs"]{Preferences}
 
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ MrEd supports a number of preferences for global configuration. The
  MrEd preferences are stored in the common file reported by
  @scheme[find-system-path] for @indexed-scheme['pref-file], and
  preference values can be retrieved and changed through
- @scheme[get-preference] and @scheme[set-preference]. However, MrEd
+ @scheme[get-preference] and @scheme[put-preferences]. However, MrEd
  reads most preferences once at startup (all except the
  @Resource{playcmd}).