diff --git a/llvm-pretty-bc-parser.cabal b/llvm-pretty-bc-parser.cabal
--- a/llvm-pretty-bc-parser.cabal
+++ b/llvm-pretty-bc-parser.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                llvm-pretty-bc-parser
-Version:             0.1.2.0
+Version:             0.1.2.1
 License:             BSD3
 License-file:        LICENSE
 Author:              Trevor Elliott <trevor@galois.com>
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 Build-type:          Simple
 Cabal-version:       >=1.16
 Synopsis:            LLVM bitcode parsing library
+
+Description:
+  A parser for the LLVM bitcode file format, yielding a Module from the
+  llvm-pretty package.
 
 Extra-source-files:  disasm-test/tests/*.ll