diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/PayloadDocumentation.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/PayloadDocumentation.java
index 9a552c92..c4a57c25 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/PayloadDocumentation.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/PayloadDocumentation.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.springframework.restdocs.snippet.Attributes;
+import org.springframework.restdocs.snippet.Attributes.Attribute;
+
 /**
  * Static factory methods for documenting a RESTful API's request and response payloads.
  *
@@ -451,7 +454,8 @@ public abstract class PayloadDocumentation {
 			FieldDescriptor prefixedDescriptor = new FieldDescriptor(
 					pathPrefix + descriptor.getPath())
 							.description(descriptor.getDescription())
-							.type(descriptor.getType());
+							.type(descriptor.getType())
+							.attributes(asArray(descriptor.getAttributes()));
 			if (descriptor.isIgnored()) {
 				prefixedDescriptor.ignored();
 			}
@@ -463,4 +467,13 @@ public abstract class PayloadDocumentation {
 		return prefixedDescriptors;
 	}
 
+	private static Attribute[] asArray(Map<String, Object> attributeMap) {
+		List<Attributes.Attribute> attributes = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> attribute : attributeMap.entrySet()) {
+			attributes
+					.add(Attributes.key(attribute.getKey()).value(attribute.getValue()));
+		}
+		return attributes.toArray(new Attribute[attributes.size()]);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/PayloadDocumentationTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/PayloadDocumentationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e17671aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/PayloadDocumentationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.restdocs.payload;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.payload.PayloadDocumentation.applyPathPrefix;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.payload.PayloadDocumentation.fieldWithPath;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.snippet.Attributes.key;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link PayloadDocumentation}.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+public class PayloadDocumentationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void applyPathPrefixAppliesPrefixToDescriptorPaths() {
+		List<FieldDescriptor> descriptors = applyPathPrefix("alpha.",
+				Arrays.asList(fieldWithPath("bravo"), fieldWithPath("charlie")));
+		assertThat(descriptors.size(), is(equalTo(2)));
+		assertThat(descriptors.get(0).getPath(), is(equalTo("alpha.bravo")));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void applyPathPrefixCopiesIgnored() {
+		List<FieldDescriptor> descriptors = applyPathPrefix("alpha.",
+				Arrays.asList(fieldWithPath("bravo").ignored()));
+		assertThat(descriptors.size(), is(equalTo(1)));
+		assertThat(descriptors.get(0).isIgnored(), is(true));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void applyPathPrefixCopiesOptional() {
+		List<FieldDescriptor> descriptors = applyPathPrefix("alpha.",
+				Arrays.asList(fieldWithPath("bravo").optional()));
+		assertThat(descriptors.size(), is(equalTo(1)));
+		assertThat(descriptors.get(0).isOptional(), is(true));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void applyPathPrefixCopiesDescription() {
+		List<FieldDescriptor> descriptors = applyPathPrefix("alpha.",
+				Arrays.asList(fieldWithPath("bravo").description("Some field")));
+		assertThat(descriptors.size(), is(equalTo(1)));
+		assertThat(descriptors.get(0).getDescription(),
+				is(equalTo((Object) "Some field")));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void applyPathPrefixCopiesType() {
+		List<FieldDescriptor> descriptors = applyPathPrefix("alpha.",
+				Arrays.asList(fieldWithPath("bravo").type(JsonFieldType.OBJECT)));
+		assertThat(descriptors.size(), is(equalTo(1)));
+		assertThat(descriptors.get(0).getType(),
+				is(equalTo((Object) JsonFieldType.OBJECT)));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void applyPathPrefixCopiesAttributes() {
+		List<FieldDescriptor> descriptors = applyPathPrefix("alpha.",
+				Arrays.asList(fieldWithPath("bravo").attributes(key("a").value("alpha"),
+						key("b").value("bravo"))));
+		assertThat(descriptors.size(), is(equalTo(1)));
+		assertThat(descriptors.get(0).getAttributes().size(), is(equalTo(2)));
+		assertThat(descriptors.get(0).getAttributes().get("a"),
+				is(equalTo((Object) "alpha")));
+		assertThat(descriptors.get(0).getAttributes().get("b"),
+				is(equalTo((Object) "bravo")));
+	}
+
+}