diff --git a/loc.cabal b/loc.cabal
--- a/loc.cabal
+++ b/loc.cabal
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           loc
-version:        0.1.0.0
+version:        0.1.0.1
 synopsis:       Types representing line and column positions and ranges in text files.
 
-description:    The package name /loc/ stands for "location" and is also an allusion to the acronym for "lines of code".
-                The @Loc@ type represents a caret position in a text file, the @Span@ type is a nonempty range between two @Loc@s, and the @Area@ type is a set of non-touching @Span@s.
+description:    The package name /loc/ stands for “location” and is also an allusion to the acronym for “lines of code”. . The @Loc@ type represents a caret position in a text file, the @Span@ type is a nonempty range between two @Loc@s, and the @Area@ type is a set of non-touching @Span@s.
 category:       Data Structures
 homepage:       https://github.com/chris-martin/haskell-libraries
 author:         Chris Martin <ch.martin@gmail.com>
diff --git a/src/Data/Loc.hs b/src/Data/Loc.hs
--- a/src/Data/Loc.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Loc.hs
@@ -171,18 +171,18 @@
 > 4 │ and vice versa.               │
 >   └───────────────────────────────┘
 
-In this example, the word "obvious" starts at line 2, column 20, and it ends at
+In this example, the word “obvious” starts at line 2, column 20, and it ends at
 line 2, column 27. The 'Show' instance uses a shorthand notation denoting
 these locs as @2:20@ and @2:27@.
 
 A 'Span' is a nonempty contiguous region of text between two locs; think of it
 like a highlighted area in a simple text editor. In the above example, a span
-that covers the word "obvious" starts at @2:20@ and ends at @2:27@. The 'Show'
+that covers the word “obvious” starts at @2:20@ and ends at @2:27@. The 'Show'
 instance describes this tersely as @2:20-2:27@.
 
 Multiple non-overlapping regions form an 'Area'. You may also think of an
-area like a span that can be empty or have "gaps". In the example above, the
-first three words "I have my", and not the spaces between them, are covered by
+area like a span that can be empty or have “gaps”. In the example above, the
+first three words “I have my”, and not the spaces between them, are covered by
 the area @[1:1-1:2,1:3-1:7,1:8-1:10]@.
 
 -}
diff --git a/src/Data/Loc/Area.hs b/src/Data/Loc/Area.hs
--- a/src/Data/Loc/Area.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Loc/Area.hs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 {- |
 
 A set of non-overlapping, non-abutting 'Span's. You may also think of an 'Area'
-like a span that can be empty or have "gaps".
+like a span that can be empty or have “gaps”.
 
 Construct and combine areas using 'mempty', 'spanArea', 'fromTo', '+', and '-'.