diff --git a/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcMonoType.lhs b/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcMonoType.lhs
index 17189bd9f4ee60357ff9ae6edd9ed6f3be0facd1..fbf9a71f5a4babd020bf3a87215694b400f88788 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcMonoType.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcMonoType.lhs
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ kcHsPred pred@(HsPClass cls tys)
 %*									*
 %************************************************************************
 
-tcHsType and tcHsTypeKind
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+tcHsSigType and tcHsBoxedSigType
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 tcHsSigType and tcHsBoxedSigType are used for type signatures written by the programmer
 
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ tcHsBoxedSigType ty
 \end{code}
 
 
-The main work horse
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+tcHsType, the main work horse
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 \begin{code}
 tcHsType :: RenamedHsType -> TcM s Type
diff --git a/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcTyDecls.lhs b/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcTyDecls.lhs
index 2340aef36a80610de61f614fa978fa05b7c8f2cc..226918e4bb2d3b35e13765a646daef9951411b4c 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcTyDecls.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcTyDecls.lhs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import RnHsSyn		( RenamedTyClDecl, RenamedConDecl, RenamedContext )
 import TcHsSyn		( TcMonoBinds, idsToMonoBinds )
 import BasicTypes	( RecFlag(..), NewOrData(..) )
 
-import TcMonoType	( tcHsSigType, tcHsBoxedSigType, kcTyVarScope, tcClassContext,
+import TcMonoType	( tcHsType, tcHsSigType, tcHsBoxedSigType, kcTyVarScope, tcClassContext,
 			  kcHsContext, kcHsSigType, mkImmutTyVars
 			)
 import TcEnv		( tcExtendTyVarEnv, tcLookupTy, tcLookupValueByKey, TyThing(..), TyThingDetails(..) )
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ tcTyDecl1 :: RenamedTyClDecl -> TcM s (Name, TyThingDetails)
 tcTyDecl1 (TySynonym tycon_name tyvar_names rhs src_loc)
   = tcLookupTy tycon_name			`thenNF_Tc` \ (ATyCon tycon) ->
     tcExtendTyVarEnv (tyConTyVars tycon)	$
-    tcHsSigType rhs				`thenTc` \ rhs_ty ->
+    tcHsType rhs				`thenTc` \ rhs_ty ->
 	-- If the RHS mentions tyvars that aren't in scope, we'll 
 	-- quantify over them.  With gla-exts that's right, but for H98
 	-- we should complain. We can now do that here without falling into