diff --git a/src/fennel-ls/docs.fnl b/src/fennel-ls/docs.fnl
index 124c683..cb66dd8 100644
--- a/src/fennel-ls/docs.fnl
+++ b/src/fennel-ls/docs.fnl
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@
 (local lua54 (require :fennel-ls.docs.lua54))
 
 (fn get-global [_self global-name]
-  (or (. specials global-name)
-      (. macros* global-name)
-      (. lua54 global-name)))
+  (. lua54 global-name))
+
+(fn get-builtin [_self builtin-name]
+  (or (. specials builtin-name)
+      (. macros* builtin-name)))
 
 ;; TODO get-module-metadata
 
-{: get-global}
+{: get-global
+ : get-builtin}
diff --git a/src/fennel-ls/language.fnl b/src/fennel-ls/language.fnl
index d7aad70..71afe6b 100644
--- a/src/fennel-ls/language.fnl
+++ b/src/fennel-ls/language.fnl
@@ -174,8 +174,7 @@ find the definition `10`, but if `opts.stop-early?` is set, it would find
               (let [?byte initialization-opts.byte
                     split (utils.multi-sym-split symbol (if ?byte (- ?byte symbol.bytestart)))]
                 (stack-add-split! [] split)))]
-
-      (case (docs.get-global self (utils.multi-sym-base symbol))
+      (case (docs.get-builtin self (utils.multi-sym-base symbol))
         document (search-document self document stack opts)
         _ (case (. file.references symbol)
             ref (search-reference self file ref stack opts)
@@ -192,11 +191,14 @@ find the definition `10`, but if `opts.stop-early?` is set, it would find
   "find a definition just from the name of the item, and the scope it is in"
   (assert (= (type name) :string))
   (let [split (utils.multi-sym-split name)
-        stack (stack-add-split! [] split)]
-    (case (docs.get-global self (. split 1))
-      metadata (search-document self metadata stack (or ?opts {}))
-      _ (case (find-local-definition file name scope)
-          def (search-val self file def.definition (stack-add-keys! stack def.keys) (or ?opts {}))))))
+        stack (stack-add-split! [] split)
+        opts (or ?opts {})]
+    (case (docs.get-builtin self (. split 1))
+      metadata (search-document self metadata stack opts)
+      _ (case (docs.get-global self (. split 1))
+          metadata (search-document self metadata stack opts)
+          _ (case (find-local-definition file name scope)
+              def (search-val self file def.definition (stack-add-keys! stack def.keys) opts))))))
 
 (λ _past? [?ast byte]
   ;; check if a byte is past an ast object