diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 1.1.1.2
+
+- Fix documentation claiming there would be a trailing newline in `renderIO`
+  when there is none
+
 # 1.1.1.1
 
 - `renderIO` now renders directly to STDOUT, instead of first building a textual
diff --git a/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal.cabal b/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal.cabal
--- a/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal.cabal
+++ b/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                prettyprinter-ansi-terminal
-version:             1.1.1.1
+version:             1.1.1.2
 cabal-version:       >= 1.10
 category:            User Interfaces, Text
 synopsis:            ANSI terminal backend for the »prettyprinter« package.
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
           base          >= 4.7 && < 5
         , ansi-terminal >= 0.4.0
         , text          >= 1.2
-        , prettyprinter >= 1
+        , prettyprinter >= 1.1.1
 
     if impl(ghc >= 8.0)
         ghc-options: -Wcompat
-    if impl(ghc < 8.0)
+    if !impl(ghc >= 8.0)
         build-depends: semigroups >= 0.1
 
 test-suite doctest
diff --git a/src/Data/Text/Prettyprint/Doc/Render/Terminal/Internal.hs b/src/Data/Text/Prettyprint/Doc/Render/Terminal/Internal.hs
--- a/src/Data/Text/Prettyprint/Doc/Render/Terminal/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Text/Prettyprint/Doc/Render/Terminal/Internal.hs
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@
 
     let push x = modifySTRef' styleStackRef (x :)
         unsafePeek = readSTRef styleStackRef >>= \case
-            [] -> panicPeekedEmpty
+            []  -> panicPeekedEmpty
             x:_ -> pure x
         unsafePop = readSTRef styleStackRef >>= \case
-            [] -> panicPeekedEmpty
+            []   -> panicPeekedEmpty
             x:xs -> writeSTRef styleStackRef xs >> pure x
         writeOutput x = modifySTRef outputRef (<> x)
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 -- This function behaves just like
 --
 -- @
--- 'renderIO' h sdoc = 'TL.hPutStrLn' h ('renderLazy' sdoc)
+-- 'renderIO' h sdoc = 'TL.hPutStr' h ('renderLazy' sdoc)
 -- @
 --
 -- but will not generate any intermediate text, rendering directly to the
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@
 -- -- \ESC[0;91mred \ESC[0;94;4mblue+u \ESC[0;94;1;4mbold\ESC[0;94;4m blue+u\ESC[0;91m
 -- --     red\ESC[0m
 
--- | Begin rendering in a certain style. Instead of using this type directly,
--- consider using the 'Semigroup' instance to create new styles out of the smart
--- constructors, such as
+-- | Render the annotated document in a certain style. Styles not set in the
+-- annotation will use the style of the surrounding document, or the terminal’s
+-- default if none has been set yet.
 --
 -- @
 -- style = 'color' 'Green' '<>' 'bold'
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@
     } deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
 
 -- | Keep the first decision for each of foreground color, background color,
--- boldness, italication, and underlining.
+-- boldness, italication, and underlining. If a certain style is not set, the
+-- terminal’s default will be used.
 --
 -- Example:
 --
@@ -257,7 +258,8 @@
 -- 'color' 'Red' '<>' 'color' 'Green'
 -- @
 --
--- is red.
+-- is red because the first color wins, and not bold because (or if) that’s the
+-- terminal’s default.
 instance Semigroup AnsiStyle where
     cs1 <> cs2 = SetAnsiStyle
         { ansiForeground  = ansiForeground  cs1 <|> ansiForeground  cs2
@@ -266,6 +268,8 @@
         , ansiItalics     = ansiItalics     cs1 <|> ansiItalics     cs2
         , ansiUnderlining = ansiUnderlining cs1 <|> ansiUnderlining cs2 }
 
+-- | 'mempty' does nothing, which is equivalent to inheriting the style of the
+-- surrounding doc, or the terminal’s default if no style has been set yet.
 instance Monoid AnsiStyle where
     mempty = SetAnsiStyle Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing
     mappend = (<>)