diff --git a/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/Makefile b/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/Makefile
index 1e1365594e48..5d45f07c7a3d 100644
--- a/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	bsd-sysctl
-PORTVERSION=	1.0.6
-PORTREVISION=	3
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.7
 CATEGORIES=	devel haskell
 
 MAINTAINER=	haskell@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/distinfo b/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/distinfo
index 1cda6a73e226..d2c54e2b94cb 100644
--- a/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/distinfo
+++ b/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (cabal/bsd-sysctl-1.0.6.tar.gz) = 22a96060db6937bb5b0388c67bc6c41bd225e14531bb710bf9ffe261985064ca
-SIZE (cabal/bsd-sysctl-1.0.6.tar.gz) = 6182
+SHA256 (cabal/bsd-sysctl-1.0.7.tar.gz) = de8c9e2b6d0fa64f7e33885392a05b450e30da35d80de10f37c918ac8d2e1aa3
+SIZE (cabal/bsd-sysctl-1.0.7.tar.gz) = 6183
diff --git a/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/pkg-descr b/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/pkg-descr
index d8614cddd82b..d0a72c768e3b 100644
--- a/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/pkg-descr
+++ b/devel/hs-bsd-sysctl/pkg-descr
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-This module provides efficient access to the BSD sysctl(3) interface
-via the Haskell FFI.
+This module provides efficient access to the BSD sysctl(3) interface via
+the Haskell FFI. It allows to read and write both basic sysctl types, as
+well as complex opaque types (typically C structures) described via Storable
+instances.
 
-WWW: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/bsd-sysctl
+WWW:	http://hackage.haskell.org/package/bsd-sysctl