diff --git a/development/alex/alex.SlackBuild b/development/alex/alex.SlackBuild
index fed14f114f..011fecd99e 100644
--- a/development/alex/alex.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/alex/alex.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for alex
 
-# Copyright 2012 Mikko Värri, Finland
+# Copyright 2013 Mikko Värri, Finland
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=alex
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.0.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.0.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/alex/alex.info b/development/alex/alex.info
index ce26753823..6eafc5ab74 100644
--- a/development/alex/alex.info
+++ b/development/alex/alex.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="alex"
-VERSION="3.0.2"
+VERSION="3.0.4"
 HOMEPAGE="http://haskell.org/alex/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/alex/3.0.2/alex-3.0.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="b8f0d831b65d05e5f54ff08bd3d9d10d"
+DOWNLOAD="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/alex/3.0.4/alex-3.0.4.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="96d3b1e0834ca0e8ab7216133b77b1e8"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="haskell-QuickCheck"
diff --git a/development/alex/slack-desc b/development/alex/slack-desc
index 1a01f47d4d..68827b8729 100644
--- a/development/alex/slack-desc
+++ b/development/alex/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
-# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
-# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
-# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
 
     |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 alex: alex (A tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell)