diff --git a/docs/pages/1 - Cask: a Scala HTTP micro-framework.md b/docs/pages/1 - Cask: a Scala HTTP micro-framework.md
index a66811bad8..5cfeeb52fd 100644
--- a/docs/pages/1 - Cask: a Scala HTTP micro-framework.md	
+++ b/docs/pages/1 - Cask: a Scala HTTP micro-framework.md	
@@ -139,10 +139,16 @@ $$$variableRoutes
 
 You can bind variables to endpoints by declaring them as parameters: these are
 either taken from a path-segment matcher of the same name (e.g. `postId` above),
-or from query-parameters of the same name (e.g. `param` above). You can make
-`param` take a `: String` to match `?param=hello`, an `: Int` for `?param=123` a
-`Seq[T]` (as above) for repeated params such as `?param=hello&param=world`, or
-`: Option[T]` for cases where the `?param=hello` is optional.
+or from query-parameters of the same name (e.g. `param` above). You can make `param` take
+
+* `param: String` to match `?param=hello`
+* `param: Int` for `?param=123`
+* `param: Option[T] = None` or `param: String = "DEFAULT VALUE"` for cases where the
+  `?param=hello` is optional.
+* `param: Seq[T]` for repeated params such as `?param=hello&param=world` with at 
+  least one value
+* `param: Seq[T] = Nil` for repeated params such as `?param=hello&param=world` allowing
+  zero values
 
 If you need to capture the entire sub-path of the request, you can set the flag
 `subpath=true` and ask for a `request: cask.Request` (the name of the param doesn't
diff --git a/example/variableRoutes/app/src/VariableRoutes.scala b/example/variableRoutes/app/src/VariableRoutes.scala
index c9e55bf08d..8488af5921 100644
--- a/example/variableRoutes/app/src/VariableRoutes.scala
+++ b/example/variableRoutes/app/src/VariableRoutes.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,27 @@ object VariableRoutes extends cask.MainRoutes{
   }
 
   @cask.get("/post/:postId")
-  def showPost(postId: Int, param: Seq[String]) = {
+  def showPost(postId: Int, param: String) = { // Mandatory query param
+    s"Post $postId $param"
+  }
+
+  @cask.get("/post2/:postId") // Optional query param
+  def showPostOptional(postId: Int, param: Option[String] = None) = {
+    s"Post $postId $param"
+  }
+
+  @cask.get("/post3/:postId") // Optional query param with default
+  def showPostDefault(postId: Int, param: String = "DEFAULT VALUE") = { 
+    s"Post $postId $param"
+  }
+
+  @cask.get("/post4/:postId") // 1-or-more query param
+  def showPostSeq(postId: Int, param: Seq[String]) = {
+    s"Post $postId $param"
+  }
+
+  @cask.get("/post5/:postId") // 0-or-more query param
+  def showPostOptionalSeq(postId: Int, param: Seq[String] = Nil) = {
     s"Post $postId $param"
   }
 
diff --git a/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala b/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
index c818ee8126..c956a59087 100644
--- a/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
+++ b/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
@@ -27,23 +27,70 @@ object ExampleTests extends TestSuite{
 
 
       assert(
-        requests.get(s"$host/post/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
+        requests.get(s"$host/post/123?param=xyz").text() ==
+          "Post 123 xyz"
+      )
+
+      requests.get(s"$host/post/123", check = false).text() ==>
+        """Missing argument: (param: String)
+          |
+          |Arguments provided did not match expected signature:
+          |
+          |showPost
+          |  postId  Int
+          |  param  String
+          |
+          |""".stripMargin
+
+      assert(
+        requests.get(s"$host/post2/123?param=xyz").text() ==
+          "Post 123 Some(xyz)"
+      )
+
+      assert(
+        requests.get(s"$host/post2/123").text() ==
+          "Post 123 None"
+      )
+
+      assert(
+        requests.get(s"$host/post3/123?param=xyz").text() ==
+          "Post 123 xyz"
+      )
+
+      assert(
+        requests.get(s"$host/post3/123").text() ==
+          "Post 123 DEFAULT VALUE"
+      )
+
+
+      assert(
+        requests.get(s"$host/post4/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
           "Post 123 ArraySeq(xyz, abc)" ||
-        requests.get(s"$host/post/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
+        requests.get(s"$host/post4/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
           "Post 123 ArrayBuffer(xyz, abc)"
       )
 
-      requests.get(s"$host/post/123", check = false).text() ==>
+      requests.get(s"$host/post4/123", check = false).text() ==>
         """Missing argument: (param: Seq[String])
           |
           |Arguments provided did not match expected signature:
           |
-          |showPost
+          |showPostSeq
           |  postId  Int
           |  param  Seq[String]
           |
           |""".stripMargin
 
+      assert(
+        requests.get(s"$host/post5/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
+          "Post 123 ArraySeq(xyz, abc)" ||
+        requests.get(s"$host/post5/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
+          "Post 123 ArrayBuffer(xyz, abc)"
+      )
+      assert(
+        requests.get(s"$host/post5/123").text() == "Post 123 List()"
+      )
+
       requests.get(s"$host/path/one/two/three").text() ==>
         "Subpath List(one, two, three)"