diff --git a/docs/language/api.rst b/docs/language/api.rst
index 67ef630..496caca 100644
--- a/docs/language/api.rst
+++ b/docs/language/api.rst
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ del
   => (setv test (list (range 10)))
   => test
   [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
-  => (del (slice test 2 4)) ;; remove items from 2 to 4 excluded
+  => (del (cut test 2 4)) ;; remove items from 2 to 4 excluded
   => test
   [0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
   => (setv dic {"foo" "bar"})
@@ -1243,35 +1243,35 @@ expression.
     {1, 3, 5}
 
 
-slice
+cut
 -----
 
-``slice`` can be used to take a subset of a list and create a new list from it.
-The form takes at least one parameter specifying the list to slice. Two
+``cut`` can be used to take a subset of a list and create a new list from it.
+The form takes at least one parameter specifying the list to cut. Two
 optional parameters can be used to give the start and end position of the
 subset. If they are not supplied, the default value of ``None`` will be used
 instead. The third optional parameter is used to control step between the elements.
 
-``slice`` follows the same rules as its Python counterpart. Negative indices are
+``cut`` follows the same rules as its Python counterpart. Negative indices are
 counted starting from the end of the list. Some example usage:
 
 .. code-block:: clj
 
     => (def collection (range 10))
 
-    => (slice collection)
+    => (cut collection)
     [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
 
-    => (slice collection 5)
+    => (cut collection 5)
     [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
 
-    => (slice collection 2 8)
+    => (cut collection 2 8)
     [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
 
-    => (slice collection 2 8 2)
+    => (cut collection 2 8 2)
     [2, 4, 6]
 
-    => (slice collection -4 -2)
+    => (cut collection -4 -2)
     [6, 7]
 
 
diff --git a/docs/language/internals.rst b/docs/language/internals.rst
index cc25efb..faa69fb 100644
--- a/docs/language/internals.rst
+++ b/docs/language/internals.rst
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ expressions are made of Python lists wrapped in a
  - ``(cons something some-list)`` is ``((type some-list) (+ [something]
    some-list))`` (if ``some-list`` inherits from ``list``).
  - ``(get (cons a b) 0)`` is ``a``
- - ``(slice (cons a b) 1)`` is ``b``
+ - ``(cut (cons a b) 1)`` is ``b``
 
 Hy supports a dotted-list syntax, where ``'(a . b)`` means ``(cons 'a
 'b)`` and ``'(a b . c)`` means ``(cons 'a (cons 'b 'c))``. If the
diff --git a/eg/lxml/parse-tumblr.hy b/eg/lxml/parse-tumblr.hy
index ddbc426..dbc2db0 100644
--- a/eg/lxml/parse-tumblr.hy
+++ b/eg/lxml/parse-tumblr.hy
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
   (for [post (.xpath (get-rss-feed tumblr) "//item/title")]
     (print post.text)))
 
-(if (slice argv 2)
+(if (cut argv 2)
   (print-posts (get argv 2))
   (print-posts "this-plt-life"))