diff --git a/derive/Cargo.toml b/derive/Cargo.toml
index 33ff281a..0d312ad6 100644
--- a/derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ proc-macro2 = "1.0.6"
 proc-macro-crate = "1.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-parity-scale-codec = { path = ".." }
+parity-scale-codec = { path = "..", features = ["max-encoded-len"] }
 
 [features]
 # Enables the new `MaxEncodedLen` trait.
diff --git a/derive/src/lib.rs b/derive/src/lib.rs
index baed14dd..38248929 100644
--- a/derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ fn wrap_with_dummy_const(input: DeriveInput, impl_block: proc_macro2::TokenStrea
 
 /// Derive `parity_scale_codec::Encode` and `parity_scale_codec::EncodeLike` for struct and enum.
 ///
+/// # Top level attributes
+///
+/// By default the macro will add [`Encode`] and [`Decode`] bounds to all types, but the bounds can
+/// be specified manually with the top level attributes:
+/// * `#[codec(encode_bound(T: Encode))]`: a custom bound added to the `where`-clause when deriving
+///   the `Encode` trait, overriding the default.
+/// * `#[codec(decode_bound(T: Decode))]`: a custom bound added to the `where`-clause when deriving
+///   the `Decode` trait, overriding the default.
+///
 /// # Struct
 ///
 /// A struct is encoded by encoding each of its fields successively.
@@ -87,8 +96,6 @@ fn wrap_with_dummy_const(input: DeriveInput, impl_block: proc_macro2::TokenStrea
 ///   type must implement `parity_scale_codec::EncodeAsRef<'_, $FieldType>` with $FieldType the
 ///   type of the field with the attribute. This is intended to be used for types implementing
 ///   `HasCompact` as shown in the example.
-/// * `#[codec(encode_bound(T: Encode))]`: a custom where bound that will be used when deriving the `Encode` trait.
-/// * `#[codec(decode_bound(T: Encode))]`: a custom where bound that will be used when deriving the `Decode` trait.
 ///
 /// ```
 /// # use parity_scale_codec_derive::Encode;
@@ -360,7 +367,19 @@ pub fn compact_as_derive(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStr
 	wrap_with_dummy_const(input, impl_block)
 }
 
-/// Derive `MaxEncodedLen`.
+/// Derive `parity_scale_codec::MaxEncodedLen` for struct and enum.
+///
+/// # Top level attribute
+///
+/// By default the macro will try to bound the types needed to implement `MaxEncodedLen`, but the
+/// bounds can be specified manually with the top level attribute:
+/// ```
+/// # use parity_scale_codec_derive::Encode;
+/// # use parity_scale_codec::MaxEncodedLen;
+/// # #[derive(Encode, MaxEncodedLen)]
+/// #[codec(mel_bound(T: MaxEncodedLen))]
+/// # struct MyWrapper<T>(T);
+/// ```
 #[cfg(feature = "max-encoded-len")]
 #[proc_macro_derive(MaxEncodedLen, attributes(max_encoded_len_mod))]
 pub fn derive_max_encoded_len(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {