diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 012bae6c..edbe891a 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -50,8 +50,27 @@ Core
 
       ``attrs`` also comes with a serious business alias ``attr.attrib``.
 
-   The object returned by :func:`attr.ib` also has a method called ``validator()`` that can be used as a decorator *within the class body* to define inline validators (see :ref:`examples_validators`).
+   The object returned by :func:`attr.ib` also allows for setting the default and the validator using decorators:
 
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> @attr.s
+      ... class C(object):
+      ...     x = attr.ib()
+      ...     y = attr.ib()
+      ...     @x.validator
+      ...     def name_can_be_anything(self, attribute, value):
+      ...         if value < 0:
+      ...             raise ValueError("x must be positive")
+      ...     @y.default
+      ...     def name_does_not_matter(self):
+      ...         return self.x + 1
+      >>> C(1)
+      C(x=1, y=2)
+      >>> C(-1)
+      Traceback (most recent call last):
+          ...
+      ValueError: x must be positive
 
 .. autoclass:: attr.Attribute
 
diff --git a/src/attr/_make.py b/src/attr/_make.py
index cd81b64c..e83f9f48 100644
--- a/src/attr/_make.py
+++ b/src/attr/_make.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ def attr(default=NOTHING, validator=None,
         *must* be supplied when instantiating; otherwise a :exc:`TypeError`
         will be raised.
 
+        The default can also be set using decorator notation as shown below.
+
     :type default: Any value.
 
     :param validator: :func:`callable` that is called by ``attrs``-generated
@@ -91,6 +93,9 @@ def attr(default=NOTHING, validator=None,
 
         Validators can be globally disabled and re-enabled using
         :func:`get_run_validators`.
+
+        The validator can also be set using decorator notation as shown below.
+
     :type validator: ``callable`` or a ``list`` of ``callable``\ s.
 
     :param bool repr: Include this attribute in the generated ``__repr__``