diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Request.hs b/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Request.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Request.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Request.hs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 -- For example, to construct a POST request, you could do something like:
 --
 -- > initReq <- parseUrl "http://www.example.com/path"
--- > let req = req
+-- > let req = initReq
 -- >             { method = "POST"
 -- >             }
 --
diff --git a/http-conduit.cabal b/http-conduit.cabal
--- a/http-conduit.cabal
+++ b/http-conduit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            http-conduit
-version:         1.4.0.1
+version:         1.4.0.2
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>