diff --git a/hspec-meta.cabal b/hspec-meta.cabal
--- a/hspec-meta.cabal
+++ b/hspec-meta.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:             hspec-meta
-version:          1.11.0
+version:          1.11.1
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2011-2014 Simon Hengel,
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec.hs b/src/Test/Hspec.hs
--- a/src/Test/Hspec.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Hspec.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -- |
 -- Stability: stable
 --
--- Hspec is a testing library for Haskell.
+-- Hspec is a testing framework for Haskell.
 --
 -- This is the library reference for Hspec.
 -- The <http://hspec.github.io/ User's Manual> contains more in-depth
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 , describe
 , context
 , it
+, specify
 , example
 , pending
 , pendingWith
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@
 -- >     absolute (-1) == 1
 it :: Example a => String -> a -> Spec
 it label action = fromSpecList [Core.it label action]
+
+-- | An alias for `it`.
+specify :: Example a => String -> a -> Spec
+specify = it
 
 -- | This is a type restricted version of `id`.  It can be used to get better
 -- error messages on type mismatches.
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec/Util.hs b/src/Test/Hspec/Util.hs
--- a/src/Test/Hspec/Util.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Hspec/Util.hs
@@ -16,31 +16,18 @@
 
 import           Test.Hspec.Compat (showType)
 
-
--- | Create a more readable display of a quantity of something.
---
--- Examples:
---
--- >>> pluralize 0 "example"
--- "0 examples"
---
--- >>> pluralize 1 "example"
--- "1 example"
---
--- >>> pluralize 2 "example"
--- "2 examples"
 pluralize :: Int -> String -> String
 pluralize 1 s = "1 " ++ s
 pluralize n s = show n ++ " " ++ s ++ "s"
 
 -- | Convert an exception to a string.
 --
--- The type of the exception is included.  Here is an example:
+-- This is different from `show`.  The type of the exception is included, e.g.
+-- `E.ArithException` is turned into:
 --
--- >>> import Control.Applicative
--- >>> import Control.Exception
--- >>> either formatException show <$> (try . evaluate) (1 `div` 0)
+-- @
 -- "ArithException (divide by zero)"
+-- @
 formatException :: E.SomeException -> String
 formatException (E.SomeException e) = showType e ++ " (" ++ show e ++ ")"