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diff --git a/lib/MooseX/Getopt/Meta/Attribute.pm b/lib/MooseX/Getopt/Meta/Attribute.pm
index fd89a3f..70aaa61 100644
--- a/lib/MooseX/Getopt/Meta/Attribute.pm
+++ b/lib/MooseX/Getopt/Meta/Attribute.pm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sub register_implementation { 'MooseX::Getopt::Meta::Attribute' }
   with 'MooseX::Getopt';
 
   has 'data' => (
-      metaclass => ['Getopt'],
+      metaclass => 'Getopt',
       is        => 'ro',
       isa       => 'Str',
       default   => 'file.dat',
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ which L<MooseX::Getopt> will create for you.
 This is certainly not the prettiest way to go about this, but for
 now it works for those who might need such a feature.
 
+=head2 Use 'traits' instead of 'metaclass'
+
+You should rarely need to explicitly set the attribute metaclass. It is much
+preferred to simply provide a trait (a role applied to the attribute
+metaclass), which allows other code to futher modify the attribute by applying
+additional roles.
+
+Therefore, you should first try to do this:
+
+  has 'foo' => (traits => ['Getopt'], cmd_flag => 'f');
+
 =head2 Custom Metaclass alias
 
 This now takes advantage of the Moose 0.19 feature to support