diff --git a/docs/change-log.md b/docs/change-log.md
index f8d11ff11..4151b9d3b 100644
--- a/docs/change-log.md
+++ b/docs/change-log.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 - render/events: `Object.prototype` properties can no longer interfere with event listener calls.
 - render/events: Event handlers, when set to literally `undefined` (or any non-function), are now correctly removed.
 - render/hooks: fixed an ommission that caused `oninit` to be called unnecessarily in some cases [#1992](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/issues/1992)
-- docs: tweaks: ([#2104](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2104) [@mikeyb](https://github.com/mikeyb), [#2205](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2205), [@cavemansspa](https://github.com/cavemansspa), [#2265](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2265), [@isiahmeadows](https://github.com/isiahmeadows))
+- docs: tweaks: ([#2104](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2104) [@mikeyb](https://github.com/mikeyb), [#2205](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2205), [@cavemansspa](https://github.com/cavemansspa), [#2250](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2250) [@isiahmeadows](https://github.com/isiahmeadows), [#2265](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2265), [@isiahmeadows](https://github.com/isiahmeadows))
 - render/core: avoid touching `Object.prototype.__proto__` setter with `key: "__proto__"` in certain situations ([#2251](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2251))
 - render/core: Vnodes stored in the dom node supplied to `m.render()` are now normalized [#2266](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2266)
 - render/core: CSS vars can now be specified in `{style}` attributes [#2192](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2192)
diff --git a/docs/components.md b/docs/components.md
index d7a3fb99b..1c1cadf77 100644
--- a/docs/components.md
+++ b/docs/components.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function ComponentWithState(initialVnode) {
 	// Component state variable, unique to each instance
 	var count = 0
 
-	// POJO component instance: any object with a 
+	// POJO component instance: any object with a
 	// view function which returns a vnode
 	return {
 		oninit: function(vnode){
@@ -431,6 +431,70 @@ This way, the `Auth` module is now the source of truth for auth-related state, a
 
 As a bonus, notice that we no longer need to use `.bind` to keep a reference to the state for the component's event handlers.
 
+#### Don't forward `vnode.attrs` itself to other vnodes
+
+Sometimes, you might want to keep an interface flexible and your implementation simpler by forwarding attributes to a particular child component or element, in this case [Bootstrap's modal](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.1/components/modal/). It might be tempting to forward a vnode's attributes like this:
+
+```javascript
+// AVOID
+var Modal = {
+	// ...
+	view: function(vnode) {
+		return m(".modal[tabindex=-1][role=dialog]", vnode.attrs, [
+			//         forwarding `vnode.attrs` here ^
+			// ...
+		])
+	}
+}
+```
+
+If you do it like above, you could run into issues when using it:
+
+```js
+var MyModal = {
+	view: function() {
+		return m(Modal, {
+			// This toggles it twice, so it doesn't show
+			onupdate: function(vnode) {
+				if (toggle) $(vnode.dom).modal("toggle")
+			}
+		}, [
+			// ...
+		])
+	}
+}
+```
+
+Instead, you should forward *single* attributes into vnodes:
+
+```js
+// PREFER
+var Modal = {
+	// ...
+	view: function(vnode) {
+		return m(".modal[tabindex=-1][role=dialog]", vnode.attrs.attrs, [
+			//              forwarding `attrs:` here ^
+			// ...
+		])
+	}
+}
+
+// Example
+var MyModal = {
+	view: function() {
+		return m(Modal, {
+			attrs: {
+				// This toggles it once
+				onupdate: function(vnode) {
+					if (toggle) $(vnode.dom).modal("toggle")
+				}
+			},
+			// ...
+		})
+	}
+}
+```
+
 #### Don't manipulate `children`
 
 If a component is opinionated in how it applies attributes or children, you should switch to using custom attributes.