diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-httpcode/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-httpcode/package.py
index a48789fecec..d95b8ce4da0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-httpcode/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-httpcode/package.py
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@
 
 
 class RHttpcode(RPackage):
-    """httpcode: 'HTTP' Status Code Helper"""
+    """httpcode: 'HTTP' Status Code Helper
+
+    Find and explain the meaning of 'HTTP' status codes. Functions included for
+    searching for codes by full or partial number, by message, and get
+    appropriate dog and cat images for many status codes."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/sckott/httpcode"
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/httpcode_0.2.0.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/httpcode"
 
+    version('0.3.0', sha256='593a030a4f94c3df8c15576837c17344701bac023ae108783d0f06c476062f76')
     version('0.2.0', sha256='fbc1853db742a2cc1df11285cf27ce2ea43bc0ba5f7d393ee96c7e0ee328681a')