1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/haddock/haddock-check.perl b/src/haddock/haddock-check.perl
index cea2a6cb1..a7f591cba 100644
--- a/src/haddock/haddock-check.perl
+++ b/src/haddock/haddock-check.perl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # checking that a file is haddocky
 
 # limitations:
-#   - does not check that 'type' declarations really are put in the export list
+#   - does not check that type aliases are put in the export list
 #   - there might be some problems with nested comments
 
 for $file (@ARGV) {
@@ -14,30 +14,39 @@ for $file (@ARGV) {
 
   # print "- $file\n";
 
-  # removing comments:
+  # removing comments
   s/\{-.*?-\}//gs;
   s/--.*?\n/\n/g;
 
-  # export list:
+  # export list
   if (/\nmodule\s+(\w+)\s+\((.*?)\)\s+where/s) {
     ($module, $exportlist) = ($1, $2);
 
-    # removing modules from exportlist:
+    # removing modules from exportlist
     $exportlist =~ s/module\s+[A-Z]\w*//gs;
 
-    # type signatures:
+    # type signatures
     while (/\n([a-z]\w*)\s*::/gs) {
       $function = $1;
       $exportlist =~ s/\b$function\b//;
     }
 
+    # type aliases
+    while (/\ntype\s+(\w+)/gs) {
+      $type = $1;
+      next if $exportlist =~ /\b$type\b/;
+      printf "%-30s | Type alias not in export list: %s\n", $file, $type;
+    }
+
+    # exported functions without type signatures
     while ($exportlist =~ /\b(\w+)\b/gs) {
       $function = $1;
       next if $function =~ /^[A-Z]/;
-      printf "%-30s | No type signature for '%s'\n", $file, $1;
+      printf "%-30s | No type signature for function: %s\n", $file, $function;
     }
 
   } else {
+    # modules without export lists
     printf "%-30s | No export list\n", $file;
   }