diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a372cd..d3341ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,21 +10,22 @@ This plugin was based on a code snippet by [Paul Irish](http://paulirish.com/),
 
 ### HTML
 
-    <input type="text" name="foo" placeholder="Enter some text here">
-    <input type="email" name="bar" placeholder="Enter your email address">
-    <input type="search" name="baz" placeholder="Search this site…">
-    <input type="url" name="wtf" placeholder="Enter your URL">
-    <input type="tel" name="omg" placeholder="Enter your phone number">
+    <input type="text" name="name" placeholder="e.g. John Doe">
+    <input type="email" name="email" placeholder="e.g. address@example.ext">
+    <input type="url" name="url" placeholder="e.g. http://mathiasbynens.be/">
+    <input type="tel" name="tel" placeholder="e.g. +32 472 77 69 88">
+    <input type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search this site…">
+    <textarea name="message" placeholder="Your message goes here"></textarea>
 
 ### jQuery
 
-    $('input').placeholder();
+    $('input, textarea').placeholder();
 
 ### CSS
 
 The plugin automatically adds `class="placeholder"` to the elements who are currently showing their placeholder text. You can use this to style placeholder text differently:
 
-    input { color: #000; }
+    input, textarea { color: #000; }
     .placeholder { color: #aaa; }
 
 ## Notes
diff --git a/jquery.placeholder.js b/jquery.placeholder.js
index c5fd724..2e46d05 100644
--- a/jquery.placeholder.js
+++ b/jquery.placeholder.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * HTML5 Placeholder jQuery Plugin v1.1
+ * HTML5 Placeholder jQuery Plugin v1.2
  * @link http://github.com/mathiasbynens/Placeholder-jQuery-Plugin
  * @author Mathias Bynens <http://mathiasbynens.be/>
  */
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     $elem.removeClass('placeholder');
    };
   };
-  // This selector could be shortened to form:has([placeholder]) but that would be less efficient
-  $('form:has(input[placeholder])').submit(function() {
+  // Look for forms with inputs and/or textareas with a placeholder attribute in them
+  $('form:has([placeholder])').submit(function() {
    // Clear the placeholder values so they don’t get submitted
    $('.placeholder', this).val('');
   });
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   // Yes, .each() — in case .placeholder() is called on several elements, which is very likely, e.g. $('input').placeholder();
   return this.each(function() {
    var $input = $(this);
-   // Quit if the current element is a password input, or not an input at all
+   // Quit if the current element is a password input, or not an input/textarea at all
    if ($input.is(':password') || !$input.is(':input')) {
     return;
    };
diff --git a/jquery.placeholder.min.js b/jquery.placeholder.min.js
index 1a019df..16b2e34 100644
--- a/jquery.placeholder.min.js
+++ b/jquery.placeholder.min.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*!
- * HTML5 Placeholder jQuery Plugin v1.1
+ * HTML5 Placeholder jQuery Plugin v1.2
  * @link http://github.com/mathiasbynens/Placeholder-jQuery-Plugin
  * @author Mathias Bynens <http://mathiasbynens.be/>
  */
-(function(a){a.fn.placeholder=function(){if(this[0]&&'placeholder' in document.createElement('input')){return this}function b(c){if(c.val()===''||c.val()===c.attr('placeholder')){c.addClass('placeholder').val(c.attr('placeholder'))}else{c.removeClass('placeholder')}}a('form:has(input[placeholder])').submit(function(){a('.placeholder',this).val('')});a(window).unload(function(){a('.placeholder').val('')});return this.each(function(){var c=a(this);if(c.is(':password')||!c.is(':input')){return}b(c);c.focus(function(){if(c.val()===c.attr('placeholder')){c.val('').removeClass('placeholder')}}).blur(function(){b(c)})})}})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
+(function(a){a.fn.placeholder=function(){if(this[0]&&'placeholder' in document.createElement('input')){return this}function b(c){if(c.val()===''||c.val()===c.attr('placeholder')){c.addClass('placeholder').val(c.attr('placeholder'))}else{c.removeClass('placeholder')}}a('form:has([placeholder])').submit(function(){a('.placeholder',this).val('')});a(window).unload(function(){a('.placeholder').val('')});return this.each(function(){var c=a(this);if(c.is(':password')||!c.is(':input')){return}b(c);c.focus(function(){if(c.val()===c.attr('placeholder')){c.val('').removeClass('placeholder')}}).blur(function(){b(c)})})}})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file