diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl
index 1b10ac23f5..1230a00868 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ its order within a given module). Then, expressions and definitions
 are evaluated in order as they appear within the module. Each
 evaluation of an expression or definition is wrapped with a
 continuation prompt (see @racket[call-with-continuation-prompt]) for
-the default continuation and using the default prompt handler.
+the default continuation and using a prompt handler that re-aborts
+and propagates its argument to the next enclosing prompt.
 
 Accessing a @tech{module-level variable} before it is defined signals
 a run-time error, just like accessing an undefined global variable.