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diff --git a/lib/MooseX/MetaDescription.pm b/lib/MooseX/MetaDescription.pm
index 4606763..c45b6b4 100644
--- a/lib/MooseX/MetaDescription.pm
+++ b/lib/MooseX/MetaDescription.pm
@@ -21,13 +21,18 @@ MooseX::MetaDescription - A framework for adding additional metadata to Moose cl
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
     package Foo;
+    use metaclass 'MooseX::MetaDescription::Meta::Class';
     use Moose;
+    
+    # add class-level metadata
+    __PACKAGE__->meta->description->{'Hello'} = 'World';
 
     has 'bar' => (
         metaclass   => 'MooseX::MetaDescription::Meta::Attribute',
         is          => 'ro',
         isa         => 'Str',   
         default     => sub { Bar->new() },
+        # add attribute level metadata
         description => {
             node_type   => 'element',
         }
@@ -36,12 +41,24 @@ MooseX::MetaDescription - A framework for adding additional metadata to Moose cl
     ...
     
     $foo->meta->description; # { 'Hello' => 'World' }
-    $foo->meta->get_attribute('bar')->description; # { baz   => 'Foo::bar::baz' }    
+    
+    my $bar = $foo->meta->get_attribute('bar');
+    
+    # access the desciption HASH directly
+    $bar->description; # { baz   => 'Foo::bar::baz' }    
+    
+    # or access the instance of MooseX::MetaDescription::Description
+    $bar->metadescription;
+    
+    # access the original attribute metaobject from the metadesc too
+    $bar->metadescription->descriptor == $bar;
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-MooseX::MetaDescription allows you to add arbitrary out of band metadata to your Moose classes and attributes. This will allow you to 
-track out of band data along with attributes, which is very useful for say serializing Moose classes in HTML or XML.
+MooseX::MetaDescription allows you to add arbitrary out of band 
+metadata to your Moose classes and attributes. This will allow 
+you to track out of band data along with attributes, which is 
+very useful for say serializing Moose classes in HTML or XML.
 
 =head1 METHODS