diff --git a/scribblings/utils.scrbl b/scribblings/utils.scrbl
index f7bd6fc..7e49fdc 100644
--- a/scribblings/utils.scrbl
+++ b/scribblings/utils.scrbl
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@ produces from tables.
   "((\"a\" . \"(and a b)\") (\"b\" . \"(or b (not a))\"))")
 ]}
 
+@defproc[(read-symbol-list (str String)) (Listof Symbol)]{
+
+Reads a list of symbols from a string.
+
+@examples[#:eval utils-evaluator
+(read-symbol-list "a b c")
+]}
+
 @section{Additional graph utilities}
 @defproc[(dotit [graph Graph]) Void]{
 
diff --git a/utils.rkt b/utils.rkt
index a5ddfe6..a09b29a 100644
--- a/utils.rkt
+++ b/utils.rkt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
    eval-with eval1-with auto-hash-ref/explicit auto-hash-ref/:
    extract-symbols any->string stringify-variable-mapping string->any
    handle-org-booleans map-sexp read-org-sexp unorg unstringify-pairs
-   read-org-variable-mapping unorgv dotit)
+   read-org-variable-mapping unorgv read-symbol-list dotit)
 
   (define-type Variable Symbol)
   (define-type (VariableMapping A) (Immutable-HashTable Variable A))
@@ -250,6 +250,14 @@
       (check-equal? (hash-ref m2 'b) '(or b (not a)))
       (check-equal? (hash-ref m3 'b) '(or b (not a)))))
 
+  (: read-symbol-list (-> String (Listof Symbol)))
+  (define (read-symbol-list str)
+    (cast (string->any (string-append "(" str ")")) (Listof Symbol)))
+
+  (module+ test
+    (test-case "read-symbol-list"
+      (check-equal? (read-symbol-list "a b c") '(a b c))))
+
   (define dotit (compose display graphviz))
   )
 
@@ -257,14 +265,13 @@
 (provide eval-with eval1-with auto-hash-ref/explicit auto-hash-ref/:
          extract-symbols any->string stringify-variable-mapping string->any
          map-sexp read-org-sexp unorg unstringify-pairs
-         read-org-variable-mapping unorgv dotit)
+         read-org-variable-mapping unorgv read-symbol-list dotit)
 
 ;;; Untyped section.
 
 (provide
  ;; Functions
- (contract-out [read-symbol-list (-> string? (listof symbol?))]
-               [drop-first-last (-> string? string?)]
+ (contract-out [drop-first-last (-> string? string?)]
                [list-sets->list-strings (-> (listof (set/c any/c)) (listof string?))]
                [pretty-print-set-sets (-> (set/c (set/c symbol?) #:kind 'dont-care) string?)]
                [update-vertices/unweighted (-> graph? (-> any/c any/c) graph?)]
@@ -310,14 +317,6 @@
   (or/c (list/c key-contract val-contract)
         (cons/c key-contract val-contract)))
 
-;;; Reads a list of symbols from a string.
-(define (read-symbol-list str)
-  (string->any (string-append "(" str ")")))
-
-(module+ test
-  (test-case "read-symbol-list"
-    (check-equal? (read-symbol-list "a b c") '(a b c))))
-
 ;;; Removes the first and the last symbol of a given string.
 ;;;
 ;;; Useful for removing the parentheses in string representations of