diff --git a/src/dropdown/docs/demo.html b/src/dropdown/docs/demo.html
index f2d28a50e1..0c20744db0 100644
--- a/src/dropdown/docs/demo.html
+++ b/src/dropdown/docs/demo.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
       <a href id="simple-dropdown" uib-dropdown-toggle>
         Click me for a dropdown, yo!
       </a>
-      <ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="simple-dropdown">
+      <ul uib-dropdown-menu aria-labelledby="simple-dropdown">
         <li ng-repeat="choice in items">
           <a href>{{choice}}</a>
         </li>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       <button id="single-button" type="button" class="btn btn-primary" uib-dropdown-toggle ng-disabled="disabled">
         Button dropdown <span class="caret"></span>
       </button>
-      <ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="single-button">
+      <ul uib-dropdown-menu role="menu" aria-labelledby="single-button">
         <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Action</a></li>
         <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
         <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <span class="caret"></span>
         <span class="sr-only">Split button!</span>
       </button>
-      <ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="split-button">
+      <ul uib-dropdown-menu role="menu" aria-labelledby="split-button">
         <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Action</a></li>
         <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
         <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       <button id="btn-append-to-body" type="button" class="btn btn-primary" uib-dropdown-toggle>
         Dropdown on Body <span class="caret"></span>
       </button>
-      <ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="btn-append-to-body">
+      <ul uib-dropdown-menu role="menu" aria-labelledby="btn-append-to-body">
         <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Action</a></li>
         <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
         <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       <button id="button-template-url" type="button" class="btn btn-primary" uib-dropdown-toggle ng-disabled="disabled">
         Dropdown using template <span class="caret"></span>
       </button>
-      <ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" template-url="dropdown.html" aria-labelledby="button-template-url">
+      <ul uib-dropdown-menu template-url="dropdown.html" aria-labelledby="button-template-url">
       </ul>
     </div>
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <button id="simple-btn-keyboard-nav" type="button" class="btn btn-primary" uib-dropdown-toggle>
             Dropdown with keyboard navigation <span class="caret"></span>
         </button>
-        <ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="simple-btn-keyboard-nav">
+        <ul uib-dropdown-menu role="menu" aria-labelledby="simple-btn-keyboard-nav">
             <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Action</a></li>
             <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
             <li role="menuitem"><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
diff --git a/src/dropdown/docs/readme.md b/src/dropdown/docs/readme.md
index da8333e006..99459d4b83 100644
--- a/src/dropdown/docs/readme.md
+++ b/src/dropdown/docs/readme.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ This directive is composed by three parts:
 * `uib-dropdown-toggle` which allows the dropdown to be toggled via click. This directive is optional.
 * `uib-dropdown-menu` which transforms a node into the popup menu.
 
+Each of these parts need to be used as attribute directives.
+
 ### uib-dropdown settings
 
 * `append-to`
diff --git a/src/dropdown/dropdown.js b/src/dropdown/dropdown.js
index 6e7daa07ab..ae0fe5d9d8 100644
--- a/src/dropdown/dropdown.js
+++ b/src/dropdown/dropdown.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.dropdown', ['ui.bootstrap.position'])
 
 .directive('uibDropdownMenu', function() {
   return {
-    restrict: 'AC',
+    restrict: 'A',
     require: '?^uibDropdown',
     link: function(scope, element, attrs, dropdownCtrl) {
       if (!dropdownCtrl || angular.isDefined(attrs.dropdownNested)) {
diff --git a/src/dropdown/test/dropdown.spec.js b/src/dropdown/test/dropdown.spec.js
index d31dee9d1a..a789534541 100644
--- a/src/dropdown/test/dropdown.spec.js
+++ b/src/dropdown/test/dropdown.spec.js
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ describe('uib-dropdown', function() {
     function dropdown() {
       $templateCache.put('custom.html', '<ul class="uib-dropdown-menu"><li>Item 1</li></ul>');
 
-      return $compile('<li uib-dropdown><a href uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" template-url="custom.html"></ul></li>')($rootScope);
+      return $compile('<li uib-dropdown><a href uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul uib-dropdown-menu template-url="custom.html"></ul></li>')($rootScope);
     }
 
     beforeEach(function() {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ describe('uib-dropdown', function() {
 
   describe('using dropdown-append-to-body', function() {
     function dropdown() {
-      return $compile('<li uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body><a href uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" id="dropdown-menu"><li><a href>Hello On Body</a></li></ul></li>')($rootScope);
+      return $compile('<li uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body><a href uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul uib-dropdown-menu id="dropdown-menu"><li><a href>Hello On Body</a></li></ul></li>')($rootScope);
     }
 
     beforeEach(function() {
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ describe('uib-dropdown', function() {
       beforeEach(function() {
         $rootScope.toggleHandler = jasmine.createSpy('toggleHandler');
         $rootScope.isopen = false;
-        element = $compile('<li uib-dropdown on-toggle="toggleHandler(open)"  is-open="isopen"><a uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul><li>Hello</li></ul></li>')($rootScope);
+        element = $compile('<li uib-dropdown on-toggle="toggleHandler(open)" is-open="isopen"><a uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul><li>Hello</li></ul></li>')($rootScope);
         $rootScope.$digest();
       });
 
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ describe('uib-dropdown', function() {
       });
 
       it('should work with dropdown-append-to-body', function() {
-        element = $compile('<li uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body auto-close="outsideClick"><a href uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" id="dropdown-menu"><li><a href>Hello On Body</a></li></ul></li>')($rootScope);
+        element = $compile('<li uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body auto-close="outsideClick"><a href uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul uib-dropdown-menu id="dropdown-menu"><li><a href>Hello On Body</a></li></ul></li>')($rootScope);
         clickDropdownToggle();
         var dropdownMenu = $document.find('#dropdown-menu');
         expect(dropdownMenu.parent()).toHaveClass(dropdownConfig.appendToOpenClass);
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ describe('uib-dropdown', function() {
 
     describe('with dropdown-append-to-body', function() {
       function dropdown() {
-        return $compile('<li uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body keyboard-nav><a href uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul class="uib-dropdown-menu" id="dropdown-menu"><li><a href>Hello On Body</a></li><li><a href>Hello Again</a></li></ul></li>')($rootScope);
+        return $compile('<li uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body keyboard-nav><a href uib-dropdown-toggle></a><ul uib-dropdown-menu id="dropdown-menu"><li><a href>Hello On Body</a></li><li><a href>Hello Again</a></li></ul></li>')($rootScope);
       }
 
       beforeEach(function() {