diff --git a/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow.rkt b/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow.rkt
index abffd8c719..dd9d244641 100644
--- a/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow.rkt
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ v4 todo:
          "prop.rkt"
          "misc.rkt"
          "generate.rkt"
-         racket/stxparam)
+         racket/stxparam
+         racket/performance-hint)
 (require (for-syntax racket/base)
          (for-syntax "helpers.rkt")
          (for-syntax syntax/stx)
@@ -74,14 +75,7 @@ v4 todo:
           #,(call-gen #'())]
          [else #,(call-gen rng-checkers)]))))
 
-(define-syntax (cross-module-inline stx)
-  (syntax-case stx ()
-    [(_ defn)
-     (syntax-property #'defn
-                      'compiler-hint:cross-module-inline 
-                      #t)]))
-
-(cross-module-inline
+(begin-encourage-inline
  (define tail-marks-match?
     (case-lambda
       [(m) (and m (null? m))]
diff --git a/collects/racket/performance-hint.rkt b/collects/racket/performance-hint.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2753b35140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/racket/performance-hint.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+(module inline '#%kernel
+  (#%require (for-syntax '#%kernel))
+  (#%provide begin-encourage-inline)
+
+  ;; Attach a property to encourage the bytecode compiler to inline
+  ;; functions:
+  (define-syntaxes (begin-encourage-inline)
+    (lambda (stx)
+      (let-values ([(l) (syntax->list stx)])
+        (if l
+            (datum->syntax
+             stx
+             (cons
+              (quote-syntax begin)
+              (map
+               (lambda (form)
+                 (syntax-property form
+                                  'compiler-hint:cross-module-inline 
+                                  #t))
+               (cdr l)))
+             stx
+             stx)
+            (raise-syntax-error #f "bad syntax" stx))))))
diff --git a/collects/racket/private/map.rkt b/collects/racket/private/map.rkt
index 7e1bef220b..3aadf114d6 100644
--- a/collects/racket/private/map.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/private/map.rkt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 (module map '#%kernel
   (#%require '#%utils ; built into mzscheme
              "small-scheme.rkt" "define.rkt"
-             (for-syntax '#%kernel))
+             "../performance-hint.rkt")
 
   (#%provide (rename map2 map)
              (rename for-each2 for-each)
@@ -14,17 +14,8 @@
   
   ;; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-  ;; Attach a property to encourage the bytecode compiler to inline
-  ;; `map', etc.:
-  (define-syntax hint-inline
-    (lambda (stx)
-      (syntax-property (cadr (syntax->list stx))
-                       'compiler-hint:cross-module-inline 
-                       #t)))
+  (begin-encourage-inline
 
-  ;; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-  (hint-inline
    (define map2
       (let ([map
              (case-lambda
@@ -50,9 +41,8 @@
                                   (loop (cdr l1) (cdr l2)))]))
                    (map f l1 l2))]
               [(f . args) (apply map f args)])])
-        map)))
+        map))
   
-  (hint-inline
    (define for-each2
       (let ([for-each
              (case-lambda
@@ -78,9 +68,8 @@
                                    (loop (cdr l1) (cdr l2)))]))
                    (for-each f l1 l2))]
               [(f . args) (apply for-each f args)])])
-        for-each)))
+        for-each))
 
-  (hint-inline
    (define andmap2
       (let ([andmap
              (case-lambda
@@ -110,9 +99,8 @@
                                      (loop (cdr l1) (cdr l2)))])))
                    (andmap f l1 l2))]
               [(f . args) (apply andmap f args)])])
-        andmap)))
+        andmap))
 
-  (hint-inline
    (define ormap2
       (let ([ormap
              (case-lambda
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/performance.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/performance.scrbl
index ec71674402..964035d4da 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/performance.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/performance.scrbl
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #lang scribble/doc
 @(require scribble/manual "guide-utils.rkt"
-          (for-label racket/flonum racket/unsafe/ops))
+          (for-label racket/flonum
+                     racket/unsafe/ops
+                     racket/performance-hint))
 
 @title[#:tag "performance"]{Performance}
 
@@ -169,10 +171,8 @@ itself calls functions other than simple primitive operations. When a
 module is compiled, some functions defined at the module level are
 determined to be candidates for inlining into other modules; normally,
 only trivial functions are considered candidates for cross-module
-inlining, but a programmer can attach a
-@indexed-racket['compiler-hint:cross-module-inline] @tech[#:doc '(lib
-"scribblings/reference/reference.scrbl")]{syntax property} (with a
-true value) to a function's definition form to encourage inlining
+inlining, but a programmer can wrap a function definition with
+@racket[begin-encourage-inline] to encourage inlining
 of the function.
 
 Primitive operations like @racket[pair?], @racket[car], and
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl
index f68413923e..eea6317fb8 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax.scrbl
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
                      racket/provide
                      racket/package
                      racket/splicing
-                     racket/runtime-path))
+                     racket/runtime-path
+                     racket/performance-hint))
 
 @(define require-eval (make-base-eval))
 @(define syntax-eval
@@ -2084,9 +2085,9 @@ z
 If a @racket[define-values] form for a function definition in a module
 body has a @indexed-racket['compiler-hint:cross-module-inline]
 @tech{syntax property} with a true value, then the Racket treats the
-property as a performance hint. See
+property as a performance hint.  See
 @guidesecref["func-call-performance"] in @|Guide| for more
-information.}
+information, and see also @racket[begin-encourage-inline].}
 
 
 @defform*[[(define-syntax id expr)
@@ -2591,3 +2592,14 @@ syntactic forms or languages that supply a more limited kind of
 
 @close-eval[require-eval]
 @close-eval[meta-in-eval]
+
+@;------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@section[#:tag "performance-hint"]{Performance Hints: @racket[begin-encourage-inline]}
+
+@note-lib-only[racket/performance-hint]
+
+@defform[(begin-encourage-inline form ...)]{
+
+Attaches a @racket['compiler-hint:cross-module-inline]
+@tech{syntax property} to each @racket[form], which is useful when a
+@racket[form] is a function definition. See @racket[define-values].}
diff --git a/collects/tests/racket/optimize.rktl b/collects/tests/racket/optimize.rktl
index f5cdb749e1..e53aa60afe 100644
--- a/collects/tests/racket/optimize.rktl
+++ b/collects/tests/racket/optimize.rktl
@@ -1382,16 +1382,16 @@
               (null? 10)))
 
 (module check-inline-request racket/base
+  (require racket/performance-hint)
   (provide loop)
-  (define loop
-    (begin
-      'compiler-hint:cross-module-inline
-      ;; large enough that the compiler wouldn't infer inlining:
-      (lambda (f n)
-        (let loop ([i n])
-          (if (zero? i)
-              10
-              (cons (f i) (loop (sub1 n)))))))))
+  (begin-encourage-inline
+   (define loop
+     ;; large enough that the compiler wouldn't infer inlining:
+     (lambda (f n)
+       (let loop ([i n])
+         (if (zero? i)
+             10
+             (cons (f i) (loop (sub1 n)))))))))
 
 (test-comp `(module m racket/base 
               (require 'check-inline-request)