The manual section 6.17.5, (info "(guile) Compilation"), doesn't say in which module the functions it mentions reside. Here is a patch for doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi:
diff --git a/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi b/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi index 63b1d60..afde42d 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi @@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ coding declaration as recognized by @code{file-encoding} @end deffn The compiler can also be invoked directly by Scheme code using the procedures -below: +below, which are found in the module (system base compile): @deffn {Scheme Procedure} compile exp [#:env=#f] @ [#:from=(current-language)] @