diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty.hs
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty.hs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
       -- might want to force a refresh.
     , refresh :: IO ()
       -- | Clean up after vty.
+      -- The above methods will throw an exception if executed after this is executed.
     , shutdown :: IO () 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Error.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Error.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Error.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Graphics.Vty.Error
+    where
+
+import Control.Exception
+
+
+-- | The type of exceptions specific to vty.
+--
+-- These have fully qualified names by default since, IMO, exception handling requires this.
+data VtyException
+    =  VtyFailure String -- | Uncategorized failure specific to vty.
diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Picture.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Picture.hs
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty/Picture.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Picture.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+-- | The Picture data structure is representative of the final terminal view.
+--
+-- This module re-exports most of the Graphics.Vty.Image and Graphics.Vty.Attributes modules.
+--
 -- Copyright 2009-2010 Corey O'Connor
 module Graphics.Vty.Picture ( module Graphics.Vty.Picture
                             , Image
diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Terminal/TerminfoBased.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Terminal/TerminfoBased.hs
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty/Terminal/TerminfoBased.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Terminal/TerminfoBased.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- Copyright 2009-2010 Corey O'Connor
+-- Copyright Corey O'Connor (coreyoconnor@gmail.com)
 {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
@@ -133,28 +133,28 @@
 instance Terminal Term where
     terminal_ID t = term_info_ID t ++ " :: TerminfoBased"
 
-    release_terminal t = do 
-        liftIO $ marshall_cap_to_terminal t set_default_attr []
-        liftIO $ marshall_cap_to_terminal t cnorm []
-        liftIO $ hClose $ term_handle t
+    release_terminal t = liftIO $ do
+        marshall_cap_to_terminal t set_default_attr []
+        marshall_cap_to_terminal t cnorm []
+        hClose $ term_handle t
         return ()
 
-    reserve_display t = do
+    reserve_display t = liftIO $ do
         if (isJust $ smcup t)
-            then liftIO $ marshall_cap_to_terminal t (fromJust . smcup) []
+            then marshall_cap_to_terminal t (fromJust . smcup) []
             else return ()
         -- Screen on OS X does not appear to support smcup?
         -- To approximate the expected behavior: clear the screen and then move the mouse to the
         -- home position.
-        liftIO $ hFlush stdout
-        liftIO $ marshall_cap_to_terminal t clear_screen []
+        hFlush stdout
+        marshall_cap_to_terminal t clear_screen []
         return ()
 
-    release_display t = do
+    release_display t = liftIO $ do
         if (isJust $ rmcup t)
-            then liftIO $ marshall_cap_to_terminal t (fromJust . rmcup) []
+            then marshall_cap_to_terminal t (fromJust . rmcup) []
             else return ()
-        liftIO $ marshall_cap_to_terminal t cnorm []
+        marshall_cap_to_terminal t cnorm []
         return ()
 
     display_terminal_instance t b c = do
diff --git a/vty.cabal b/vty.cabal
--- a/vty.cabal
+++ b/vty.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                vty
-version:             4.7.1
+version:             4.7.2
 license:             BSD3
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              AUTHORS
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
   Included in the source distribution is a program test/interactive_terminal_test.hs that
   demonstrates the various features. 
   .
-  If your terminal is not behaving as expected the results of the test/interactive_terminal_test.hs
-  program should be sent to the Vty maintainter to aid in debugging the issue.
+  If your terminal is not behaving as expected the results of the vty-interactive-terminal-test
+  executable should be sent to the Vty maintainter to aid in debugging the issue.
   .
   Notable infelicities: Sometimes poor efficiency; Assumes UTF-8 character encoding support by the
   terminal;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   .
   © 2006-2007 Stefan O'Rear; BSD3 license.
   .
-  © 2008-2012 Corey O'Connor; BSD3 license.
+  © Corey O'Connor; BSD3 license.
 -- the test suites require >= 1.17.0
 cabal-version:        >= 1.14.0
 build-type:           Simple
@@ -52,16 +52,17 @@
                        vector >= 0.7
 
   exposed-modules:     Graphics.Vty
-                       Graphics.Vty.Terminal
-                       Graphics.Vty.LLInput
                        Graphics.Vty.Attributes
+                       Graphics.Vty.DisplayRegion
+                       Graphics.Vty.Error
                        Graphics.Vty.Image
                        Graphics.Vty.Inline
+                       Graphics.Vty.LLInput
                        Graphics.Vty.Picture
-                       Graphics.Vty.DisplayRegion
+                       Graphics.Vty.Terminal
+                       Codec.Binary.UTF8.Width
 
-  other-modules:       Codec.Binary.UTF8.Width
-                       Data.Marshalling
+  other-modules:       Data.Marshalling
                        Data.Terminfo.Parse
                        Data.Terminfo.Eval
                        Graphics.Vty.DisplayAttributes
@@ -604,10 +605,7 @@
 
   include-dirs:        cbits
 
-  build-depends:       Cabal == 1.17.*,
-                       QuickCheck >= 2.4,
-                       random == 1.0.*,
-                       base >= 4 && < 5,
+  build-depends:       base >= 4 && < 5,
                        bytestring,
                        containers,
                        deepseq >= 1.1 && < 1.4,