diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.11.3
+------
+* Fixed the doctests from 0.11.2
+
 0.11.2
 ------
 * Constraint `binary` version for issue #5.
diff --git a/bytes.cabal b/bytes.cabal
--- a/bytes.cabal
+++ b/bytes.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          bytes
 category:      Data, Serialization
-version:       0.11.2
+version:       0.11.3
 license:       BSD3
 cabal-version: >= 1.8
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
   else
     build-depends:
       base,
+      bytes,
       directory      >= 1.0,
       doctest        >= 0.9.1,
       filepath       >= 1.2
diff --git a/src/Data/Bytes/VarInt.hs b/src/Data/Bytes/VarInt.hs
--- a/src/Data/Bytes/VarInt.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Bytes/VarInt.hs
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@
 import Data.Bytes.Signed
 import Data.Word
 
+-- $setup
+-- >>> import Data.Word
+-- >>> import Data.Bytes.Serial
+
 -- | Integer/Word types serialized to base-128 variable-width ints.
 --
 -- >>> runPutL $ serialize (97 :: Word64)
--- "a\NUL\NUL\NUL\NUL\NUL\NUL\NUL"
+-- "\NUL\NUL\NUL\NUL\NUL\NUL\NULa"
 -- >>> runPutL $ serialize (97 :: VarInt Word64)
 -- "a"
 newtype VarInt n = VarInt { unVarInt :: n }