diff --git a/src/attributes.md b/src/attributes.md
index df2bb460f..f3eae35f1 100644
--- a/src/attributes.md
+++ b/src/attributes.md
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Attributes may be applied to many things in the language:
 * [Generic lifetime or type parameter][generics] accept outer attributes.
 * Expressions accept outer attributes in limited situations, see [Expression
   Attributes] for details.
+* [Function][function], [closure][closure] and [function pointer][function pointer]
+  parameters accept outer attributes.
 
 Some examples of attributes:
 
@@ -306,3 +308,5 @@ The following is an index of all built-in attributes.
 [statements]: statements.md
 [struct]: items/structs.md
 [union]: items/unions.md
+[closure]: expressions/closure-expr.md
+[function pointer]: types/function-pointer.md
diff --git a/src/expressions/closure-expr.md b/src/expressions/closure-expr.md
index aa9299bd6..fff27c846 100644
--- a/src/expressions/closure-expr.md
+++ b/src/expressions/closure-expr.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 > &nbsp;&nbsp; _ClosureParam_ (`,` _ClosureParam_)<sup>\*</sup> `,`<sup>?</sup>
 >
 > _ClosureParam_ :\
-> &nbsp;&nbsp; [_Pattern_]&nbsp;( `:` [_Type_] )<sup>?</sup>
+> &nbsp;&nbsp; [_OuterAttribute_]<sup>\*</sup>\ [_Pattern_]&nbsp;( `:` [_Type_] )<sup>?</sup>
 
 A _closure expression_ defines a closure and denotes it as a value, in a single
 expression. A closure expression is a pipe-symbol-delimited (`|`) list of
@@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ ten_times(move |j| println!("{}, {}", word, j));
 [_Pattern_]: ../patterns.md
 [_Type_]: ../types.md#type-expressions
 [`let` binding]: ../statements.md#let-statements
+[_OuterAttribute_]: ../attributes.md
diff --git a/src/items/external-blocks.md b/src/items/external-blocks.md
index f3e692ac9..8a7a61003 100644
--- a/src/items/external-blocks.md
+++ b/src/items/external-blocks.md
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 > _NamedFunctionParameters_ :\
 > &nbsp;&nbsp; _NamedFunctionParam_ ( `,` _NamedFunctionParam_ )<sup>\*</sup> `,`<sup>?</sup>
 >
-> _NamedFunctionParam_ :\
-> &nbsp;&nbsp; ( [IDENTIFIER] | `_` ) `:` [_Type_]
->
 > _NamedFunctionParametersWithVariadics_ :\
-> &nbsp;&nbsp; ( _NamedFunctionParam_ `,` )<sup>\*</sup> _NamedFunctionParam_ `,` `...`
+> &nbsp;&nbsp; ( _NamedFunctionParam_ `,` )<sup>\*</sup> _NamedFunctionParam_ `,` [_OuterAttribute_]<sup>\*</sup>\ `...`
+>
+> _NamedFunctionParam_ :\
+> &nbsp;&nbsp; ( [_OuterAttribute_]<sup>\*</sup>\ [IDENTIFIER] | `_` ) `:` [_Type_]
 
 External blocks provide _declarations_ of items that are not _defined_ in the
 current crate and are the basis of Rust's foreign function interface. These are
diff --git a/src/items/functions.md b/src/items/functions.md
index 7c93dc423..70912ed5b 100644
--- a/src/items/functions.md
+++ b/src/items/functions.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 > &nbsp;&nbsp; _FunctionParam_ (`,` _FunctionParam_)<sup>\*</sup> `,`<sup>?</sup>
 >
 > _FunctionParam_ :\
-> &nbsp;&nbsp; [_Pattern_] `:` [_Type_]
+> &nbsp;&nbsp; [_OuterAttribute_]<sup>\*</sup>\ [_Pattern_] `:` [_Type_]
 >
 > _FunctionReturnType_ :\
 > &nbsp;&nbsp; `->` [_Type_]
@@ -250,6 +250,21 @@ attributes], [`must_use`], [the procedural macro attributes], [the testing
 attributes], and [the optimization hint attributes]. Functions also accept
 attributes macros.
 
+## Attributes on function parameters
+
+Outer Attributes on function parameters are possible and enable finer
+conditional compilation with `#[cfg(..)]`/`#[cfg_attr(..)]` and linting
+control of variables. For example:
+
+```rust
+fn len(
+    #[cfg(windows)] slice: &[u16],
+    #[cfg(not(windows))] slice: &[u8],
+) -> usize {
+    slice.len()
+}
+```
+
 [IDENTIFIER]: ../identifiers.md
 [RAW_STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#raw-string-literals
 [STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#string-literals
@@ -282,3 +297,4 @@ attributes macros.
 [`link_section`]: ../abi.md#the-link_section-attribute
 [`no_mangle`]: ../abi.md#the-no_mangle-attribute
 [external_block_abi]: external-blocks.md#abi
+[_OuterAttribute_]: ../attributes.md
diff --git a/src/types/function-pointer.md b/src/types/function-pointer.md
index 88ef50c24..fd06e8329 100644
--- a/src/types/function-pointer.md
+++ b/src/types/function-pointer.md
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 > _MaybeNamedFunctionParameters_ :\
 > &nbsp;&nbsp; _MaybeNamedParam_ ( `,` _MaybeNamedParam_ )<sup>\*</sup> `,`<sup>?</sup>
 >
-> _MaybeNamedParam_ :\
-> &nbsp;&nbsp; ( ( [IDENTIFIER] | `_` ) `:` )<sup>?</sup> [_Type_]
->
 > _MaybeNamedFunctionParametersVariadic_ :\
-> &nbsp;&nbsp; ( _MaybeNamedParam_ `,` )<sup>\*</sup> _MaybeNamedParam_ `,` `...`
+> &nbsp;&nbsp; ( _MaybeNamedParam_ `,` )<sup>\*</sup> _MaybeNamedParam_ `,` [_OuterAttribute_]<sup>\*</sup>\ `...`
+>
+> _MaybeNamedParam_ :\
+> &nbsp;&nbsp; ( [_OuterAttribute_]<sup>\*</sup>\ ( [IDENTIFIER] | `_` ) `:` )<sup>?</sup> [_Type_]
 
 Function pointer types, written using the `fn` keyword, refer to a function
 whose identity is not necessarily known at compile-time. They can be created
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ x = bo(5,7);
 [extern function]: ../items/functions.md#extern-function-qualifier
 [function items]: function-item.md
 [unsafe function]: ../unsafe-functions.md
+[_OuterAttribute_]: ../attributes.md