diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Revision history for taskwarrior
 
+## 0.1.2.4
+
+* Fix a bug where recurring masks where parsed wrong
+* Further (small) documentation improvementes
+
 ## 0.1.2.3
 
 * Documentation improvements
diff --git a/src/Taskwarrior/IO.hs b/src/Taskwarrior/IO.hs
--- a/src/Taskwarrior/IO.hs
+++ b/src/Taskwarrior/IO.hs
@@ -81,10 +81,12 @@
         when (exitCode /= ExitSuccess) $ fail . show $ exitCode
 
 -- | This will create a @'Task'@. I runs in @'IO'@ to create a @'UUID'@ and get the current time. This will not save the @'Task'@ to taskwarrior.
--- If you want to create a task, with certain fields and save it, you could do that like this:
+-- If you want to create a task with certain fields and save it you could do that like this:
 --
--- > newTask <- 'createTask' "Buy Milk"
--- > 'saveTasks' [newTask { 'tags' = ["groceries"] }]
+-- @
+-- newTask <- 'createTask' "Buy Milk"
+-- 'saveTasks' [newTask { 'tags' = ["groceries"] }]
+-- @
 createTask :: Text -> IO Task
 createTask description = do
   uuid  <- getStdRandom random
diff --git a/src/Taskwarrior/Mask.hs b/src/Taskwarrior/Mask.hs
--- a/src/Taskwarrior/Mask.hs
+++ b/src/Taskwarrior/Mask.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 toChar :: MaskState -> Char
 toChar = \case
-  Pending   -> '.'
+  Pending   -> '-'
   Completed -> '+'
   Deleted   -> 'X'
   Waiting   -> 'W'
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 parseChar :: Char -> Aeson.Types.Parser MaskState
 parseChar = \case
-  '.'  -> pure Pending
+  '-'  -> pure Pending
   '+'  -> pure Completed
   'X'  -> pure Deleted
   'W'  -> pure Waiting
diff --git a/src/Taskwarrior/Task.hs b/src/Taskwarrior/Task.hs
--- a/src/Taskwarrior/Task.hs
+++ b/src/Taskwarrior/Task.hs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         uda         :: UDA
 } deriving (Eq, Show, Read)
 
--- | A Tag can be basically any string. But beware: Special symbols work but might clash with `task` cli syntax.
+-- | A Tag can be basically any string. But beware: Special symbols work but might clash with `task` cli syntax. As an example you can use a space in a @'Tag'@. But then you cannot use @task +my tag@ on the command line.
 type Tag = Text
 
 
diff --git a/taskwarrior.cabal b/taskwarrior.cabal
--- a/taskwarrior.cabal
+++ b/taskwarrior.cabal
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 -- PVP summary:     +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                  | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                  | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version: 0.1.2.3
+version: 0.1.2.4
 synopsis:           Types and aeson instances for taskwarrior tasks
 description:
   Types and aeson instances for the https://taskwarrior.org task import/export feature