diff --git a/blaze-colonnade.cabal b/blaze-colonnade.cabal
--- a/blaze-colonnade.cabal
+++ b/blaze-colonnade.cabal
@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
-name:                blaze-colonnade
-version:             1.2.2
-synopsis:            Helper functions for using blaze-html with colonnade
-description:         Blaze HTML and colonnade
-homepage:            https://github.com/andrewthad/colonnade#readme
-license:             BSD3
-license-file:        LICENSE
-author:              Andrew Martin
-maintainer:          andrew.thaddeus@gmail.com
-copyright:           2017 Andrew Martin
-category:            web
-build-type:          Simple
-cabal-version:       >=1.10
+name: blaze-colonnade
+version: 1.2.2.1
+synopsis: blaze-html backend for colonnade
+description: 
+  This library provides a backend for using blaze-html with colonnade.
+  It generates standard HTML tables with `<table>`, `<tbody>`, `<thead>`,
+  `<tr>`, `<th>`, and `<td>`.
+homepage: https://github.com/andrewthad/colonnade#readme
+license: BSD3
+license-file: LICENSE
+author: Andrew Martin
+maintainer: andrew.thaddeus@gmail.com
+copyright: 2017 Andrew Martin
+category: web
+build-type: Simple
+cabal-version: >=1.10
 
+-- Note: There is a dependency on profunctors whose only
+-- purpose is to make doctest work correctly. Since this
+-- library transitively depends on profunctors anyway,
+-- this is not a big deal.
+
 library
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   exposed-modules:
     Text.Blaze.Colonnade
   build-depends:
-      base >= 4.9 && < 5
+      base >= 4.8 && < 5
     , colonnade >= 1.1 && < 1.3
     , blaze-markup >= 0.7 && < 0.9
     , blaze-html >= 0.8 && < 0.10
+    , profunctors >= 5.0 && < 5.5
     , text >= 1.2 && < 1.3
   default-language:    Haskell2010