diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 `fedora-dists` uses [PVP Versioning](https://pvp.haskell.org).
 
-## 1.1.0
+## 1.1.1 (2019-12-15)
+- fix read and show for RHEL
+
+## 1.1.0 (2019-10-29)
 - update for Fedora 31
 - haddock documentation
 - move distTag, distTarget and hackageRelease to fedora-haskell-tools
diff --git a/FedoraDists.hs b/FedoraDists.hs
--- a/FedoraDists.hs
+++ b/FedoraDists.hs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 import Data.Version
 import Text.Read
+import Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP (char, eof, string)
 
 #if (defined(MIN_VERSION_base) && MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0))
 #else
@@ -48,21 +49,17 @@
 instance Show Dist where
   show (Fedora n) = "f" ++ show n
   show (EPEL n) = (if n <= 6 then "el" else "epel") ++ show n
-  show (RHEL v) = "rhel-" ++ show v
+  show (RHEL v) = "rhel-" ++ showVersion v
 
 -- | Read from eg "f29", "epel7"
 instance Read Dist where
   readPrec = choice [pFedora, pEPEL, pRHEL] where
-    pChar c = do
-      c' <- get
-      if c == c'
-        then return c
-        else pfail
-    pFedora = Fedora <$> (pChar 'f' *> readPrec)
-    pEPEL = EPEL <$> (traverse pChar "epel" *> readPrec)
-    pRHEL = RHEL <$> (traverse pChar "rhel-" *> readPrec)
-
-  readListPrec = readListPrecDefault
+    pFedora = Fedora <$> (lift (char 'f') *> readPrec)
+    pEPEL = EPEL <$> (lift (string "epel") *> readPrec)
+    pRHEL = RHEL <$> lift (do
+      v <- string "rhel-" >> parseVersion
+      eof
+      return v)
 
 -- | Current maintained distribution releases.
 dists :: [Dist]
diff --git a/fedora-dists.cabal b/fedora-dists.cabal
--- a/fedora-dists.cabal
+++ b/fedora-dists.cabal
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 cabal-version:       1.18
 name:                fedora-dists
-version:             1.1.0
+version:             1.1.1
 synopsis:            Library for Fedora distribution versions
 description:
             This library provides the Dist datatype and various associated
-            metadata functions for Red Hat distributions (Fedora, EPEL, etc)
+            metadata functions for Red Hat distributions (Fedora, EPEL, RHEL)
             needed for packaging development and building.
 homepage:            https://github.com/juhp/fedora-dists
 bug-reports:         https://github.com/juhp/fedora-dists/issues
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 extra-doc-files:     README.md
                    , CHANGELOG.md
 tested-with:         GHC == 7.6.3, GHC == 7.8.4, GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.2,
-                     GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.4, GHC == 8.6.5
+                     GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.4, GHC == 8.6.5, GHC == 8.8.1
 
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   type:                git