diff --git a/libraries/libedit/README b/libraries/libedit/README
index 3142a5c890..0d54bbe870 100644
--- a/libraries/libedit/README
+++ b/libraries/libedit/README
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-libedit (Command line editor library)
-
-This is an autotool- and libtoolized port of the NetBSD Editline 
-library (libedit). This Berkeley-style licensed command line editor 
-library provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization 
+This is an autotool- and libtoolized port of the NetBSD Editline
+library (libedit). This Berkeley-style licensed command line editor
+library provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization
 functions, similar to those found in GNU Readline.
diff --git a/libraries/libedit/libedit.SlackBuild b/libraries/libedit/libedit.SlackBuild
index 00cc77f7b6..80da847c32 100644
--- a/libraries/libedit/libedit.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libedit/libedit.SlackBuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Public domain.
 
 PRGNAM=libedit
-VERSION=${VERSION:-20100424_3.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-20110227_3.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/libedit/libedit.info b/libraries/libedit/libedit.info
index 2082a1b63f..cdf2a96728 100644
--- a/libraries/libedit/libedit.info
+++ b/libraries/libedit/libedit.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="libedit"
-VERSION="20100424_3.0"
+VERSION="20110227_3.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-20100424-3.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="eb4482139525beff12c8ef59f1a84aae"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-20110227-3.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="411e0a79c36a2e8d64b160b4ca2fcf53"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Mikko Värri"
 EMAIL="vmj@linuxbox.fi"
-APPROVED="Erik Hanson"
+APPROVED="dsomero"
diff --git a/libraries/libedit/slack-desc b/libraries/libedit/slack-desc
index 5a89210226..d1afe6cbea 100644
--- a/libraries/libedit/slack-desc
+++ b/libraries/libedit/slack-desc
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 
        |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 libedit: libedit (Command line editor library)
-libedit: 
-libedit: This is an autotool- and libtoolized port of the NetBSD Editline 
-libedit: library (libedit). This Berkeley-style licensed command line editor 
-libedit: library provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization 
+libedit:
+libedit: This is an autotool- and libtoolized port of the NetBSD Editline
+libedit: library (libedit). This Berkeley-style licensed command line editor
+libedit: library provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization
 libedit: functions, similar to those found in GNU Readline.
-libedit: 
+libedit:
 libedit: Homepage: http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
 libedit:
 libedit: