diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 177712fd..2a32d009 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ NEWS ( CHANGELOG and HISTORY )                                     HTMLPurifier
   by parser.  Thanks zmonteca for reporting.
 - Fix missing attributes bug when running on Mac Snow Leopard and APC.
   Thanks sidepodcast for the fix.
+- Warn if an element is allowed, but an attribute it requires is
+  not allowed.
 
 4.1.1, released 2010-05-31
 - Fix undefined index warnings in maintenance scripts.
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/AutoFormat.RemoveSpansWithoutAttributes.txt b/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/AutoFormat.RemoveSpansWithoutAttributes.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.Allowed.txt b/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.Allowed.txt
index 3e231d2d..0b2c106d 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.Allowed.txt
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.Allowed.txt
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ DEFAULT: NULL
 --DESCRIPTION--
 
 <p>
-    This is a convenience directive that rolls the functionality of
-    %HTML.AllowedElements and %HTML.AllowedAttributes into one directive.
+    This is a preferred convenience directive that combines
+    %HTML.AllowedElements and %HTML.AllowedAttributes.
     Specify elements and attributes that are allowed using:
-    <code>element1[attr1|attr2],element2...</code>. You can also use
-    newlines instead of commas to separate elements.
+    <code>element1[attr1|attr2],element2...</code>.  For example,
+    if you would like to only allow paragraphs and links, specify
+    <code>a[href],p</code>.  You can specify attributes that apply
+    to all elements using an asterisk, e.g. <code>*[lang]</code>.
+    You can also use newlines instead of commas to separate elements.
 </p>
 <p>
     <strong>Warning</strong>:
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.AllowedElements.txt b/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.AllowedElements.txt
index 888d5581..1d3fa790 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.AllowedElements.txt
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.AllowedElements.txt
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ VERSION: 1.3.0
 DEFAULT: NULL
 --DESCRIPTION--
 <p>
-    If HTML Purifier's tag set is unsatisfactory for your needs, you
-    can overload it with your own list of tags to allow.  Note that this
-    method is subtractive: it does its job by taking away from HTML Purifier
-    usual feature set, so you cannot add a tag that HTML Purifier never
-    supported in the first place (like embed, form or head).  If you
-    change this, you probably also want to change %HTML.AllowedAttributes.
+    If HTML Purifier's tag set is unsatisfactory for your needs, you can
+    overload it with your own list of tags to allow.  If you change
+    this, you probably also want to change %HTML.AllowedAttributes; see
+    also %HTML.Allowed which lets you set allowed elements and
+    attributes at the same time.
+</p>
+<p>
+    If you attempt to allow an element that HTML Purifier does not know
+    about, HTML Purifier will raise an error.  You will need to manually
+    tell HTML Purifier about this element by using the
+    <a href="http://htmlpurifier.org/docs/enduser-customize.html">advanced customization features.</a>
 </p>
 <p>
     <strong>Warning:</strong> If another directive conflicts with the
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLDefinition.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLDefinition.php
index c99ac11e..33bb38ac 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLDefinition.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLDefinition.php
@@ -300,7 +300,12 @@ class HTMLPurifier_HTMLDefinition extends HTMLPurifier_Definition
                             unset($allowed_attributes_mutable[$key]);
                         }
                     }
-                    if ($delete) unset($this->info[$tag]->attr[$attr]);
+                    if ($delete) {
+                        if ($this->info[$tag]->attr[$attr]->required) {
+                            trigger_error("Required attribute '$attr' in element '$tag' was not allowed, which means '$tag' will not be allowed either", E_USER_WARNING);
+                        }
+                        unset($this->info[$tag]->attr[$attr]);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             // emit errors
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLDefinitionTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLDefinitionTest.php
index e7f85011..4a26f558 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLDefinitionTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLDefinitionTest.php
@@ -122,17 +122,20 @@ a[href|title]
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_global_preferredSyntax() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', 'style');
         $this->assertPurification_AllowedAttributes_global_style();
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_global_verboseSyntax() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', '*@style');
         $this->assertPurification_AllowedAttributes_global_style();
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_global_discouragedSyntax() {
         // Emit errors eventually
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', '*.style');
         $this->assertPurification_AllowedAttributes_global_style();
     }
@@ -144,16 +147,19 @@ a[href|title]
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_local_preferredSyntax() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', 'p@style');
         $this->assertPurification_AllowedAttributes_local_p_style();
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_local_discouragedSyntax() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', 'p.style');
         $this->assertPurification_AllowedAttributes_local_p_style();
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_multiple() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', 'p@style,br@class,title');
         $this->assertPurification(
             '<p style="font-weight:bold;" class="foo" title="foo">Jelly</p><br style="clear:both;" class="foo" title="foo" />',
@@ -162,29 +168,34 @@ a[href|title]
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_local_invalidAttribute() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', array('p@style', 'p@<foo>'));
         $this->expectError(new PatternExpectation("/Attribute '&lt;foo&gt;' in element 'p' not supported/"));
         $this->assertPurification_AllowedAttributes_local_p_style();
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_global_invalidAttribute() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', array('style', '<foo>'));
         $this->expectError(new PatternExpectation("/Global attribute '&lt;foo&gt;' is not supported in any elements/"));
         $this->assertPurification_AllowedAttributes_global_style();
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_local_invalidAttributeDueToMissingElement() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', 'p.style,foo.style');
         $this->expectError(new PatternExpectation("/Cannot allow attribute 'style' if element 'foo' is not allowed\/supported/"));
         $this->assertPurification_AllowedAttributes_local_p_style();
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_duplicate() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', 'p.style,p@style');
         $this->assertPurification_AllowedAttributes_local_p_style();
     }
 
     function test_AllowedAttributes_multipleErrors() {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedElements', array('p', 'br'));
         $this->config->set('HTML.AllowedAttributes', 'p.style,foo.style,<foo>');
         $this->expectError(new PatternExpectation("/Cannot allow attribute 'style' if element 'foo' is not allowed\/supported/"));
         $this->expectError(new PatternExpectation("/Global attribute '&lt;foo&gt;' is not supported in any elements/"));
@@ -347,6 +358,12 @@ a[href|title]
         );
     }
 
+    function test_notAllowedRequiredAttributeError() {
+        $this->expectError("Required attribute 'src' in element 'img' was not allowed, which means 'img' will not be allowed either");
+        $this->config->set('HTML.Allowed', 'img[alt]');
+        $this->config->getHTMLDefinition();
+    }
+
 }
 
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