diff --git a/ghc-boot.cabal b/ghc-boot.cabal
--- a/ghc-boot.cabal
+++ b/ghc-boot.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:  1.22
 name:           ghc-boot
-version:        8.4.2
+version:        8.4.3
 
 license:        BSD3
 license-file:   LICENSE
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@
 maintainer:     ghc-devs@haskell.org
 bug-reports:    https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/newticket
 synopsis:       Shared functionality between GHC and its boot libraries
-description:    This library is shared between GHC, ghc-pkg, and other boot
+description:    This library is shared between GHC, @ghc-pkg@, and other boot
                 libraries.
                 .
                 A note about "GHC.PackageDb": it only deals with the subset of
                 the package database that the compiler cares about: modules
                 paths etc and not package metadata like description, authors
-                etc. It is thus not a library interface to ghc-pkg and is __not__
+                etc. It is thus not a library interface to @ghc-pkg@ and is __not__
                 suitable for modifying GHC package databases.
                 .
                 The package database format and this library are constructed in
-                such a way that while ghc-pkg depends on Cabal, the GHC library
-                and program do not have to depend on Cabal.
+                such a way that while @ghc-pkg@ depends on @Cabal@, the GHC library
+                and program do not have to depend on @Cabal@.
 build-type:     Simple
 extra-source-files: changelog.md
 
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
                    bytestring == 0.10.*,
                    directory  >= 1.2 && < 1.4,
                    filepath   >= 1.3 && < 1.5,
-                   ghc-boot-th == 8.4.2
+                   ghc-boot-th == 8.4.3