diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80fafb1..03fd36d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ To use css3 animation effects please include [Animate.css](http://daneden.github
 | maxWidth            | ''           | max-width of the tooltip in px or % (for % add the value in quotes ex.'50%'). For usage you need to set width to '', false or null |
 | delay               | 200          | Delay before showing the tooltip in ms                                                                                             |
 | hideDelay           | 0            | Delay before hiding the tooltip in ms                                                                                              |
+| autoHide            | 0            | Automatically hide tooltip after _n_ ms
 | animationIn         | ''           | CSS3 animation effect to show the tooltip using [Animate.css](http://daneden.github.io/animate.css)                                |
 | animationOut        | ''           | CSS3 animation effect to hide the tooltip using [Animate.css](http://daneden.github.io/animate.css)                                |
 | offsetX             | 0            | Offset value of the tooltip on X axis                                                                                              |
diff --git a/demo/index.html b/demo/index.html
index a710362..f3bc8ef 100644
--- a/demo/index.html
+++ b/demo/index.html
@@ -193,6 +193,25 @@
 			jQuery('.default').tipso({ size: 'default' });
 			jQuery('.large').tipso({ size: 'large' });
 
+			jQuery('.width-limited').tipso({
+				titleContent: 'Arbitrary Width Tipso',
+				content: [
+					'<p>This tooltip will size itself to 500px wide, or 50% ',
+					'of the screen width, whichever is <em>narrower</em></p>',
+					'<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing ',
+					'elit. Asperiores velit, animi necessitatibus? Odio ',
+					'repudiandae vero</p>'
+				].join(''),
+				width: '500',
+				maxWidth: '50%'
+			});
+
+			jQuery('.auto-hide').tipso({
+				titleContent: 'Auto-Hiding Tipso',
+				content: 'This tooltip will automatically hide itself after 2 seconds',
+				autoHide: 2000,
+			});
+
 			jQuery('.page-load').tipso({
 				position: 'bottom',
 				background: '#55b555',
@@ -364,6 +383,55 @@ <h4>Size option</h4>
 jQuery('.top').tipso({
   size: 'tiny'
 });
+</code>
+					</pre>
+				</div>
+			</div>
+			<div class="row demo-section">
+				<div class="c6">
+					<h4>Width and maxWidth options</h4>
+					<p>
+						Tipso&rsquo;s width and maxWidth may be specified
+						in px or percent. If a maxWidth is provided,
+						it will act as a limit to Tipso&rsquo;s width
+					</p>
+					<p>
+						This example <span class="width-limited">tooltip</span>
+						will provide a tooltip 500px wide, or 50% of the screen
+						width - whichever is smaller.
+					</p>
+				</div>
+				<div class="c6">
+					<pre><span>Code Example</span>
+<code type="javascript">
+jQuery('.top').tipso({
+  width: '500',
+  maxWidth: '50%'
+});
+</code>
+					</pre>
+				</div>
+			</div>
+
+			<div class="row demo-section">
+				<div class="c6">
+					<h4>Auto-hide after a specified delay</h4>
+					<p>
+						Tipso can be set to automatically hide the tooltip
+						after a specified number of ms, by using the
+						&ldquo;autoHide&rdquo; option.
+					</p>
+					<p>
+						This example <span class="auto-hide">tooltip</span>
+						will display for 2 seconds, and then close itself.
+					</p>
+				</div>
+				<div class="c6">
+					<pre><span>Code Example</span>
+<code type="javascript">
+jQuery('.top').tipso({
+  autoHide: 2000
+});
 </code>
 					</pre>
 				</div>
diff --git a/src/tipso.js b/src/tipso.js
index 83b9999..d68ea12 100644
--- a/src/tipso.js
+++ b/src/tipso.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
       maxWidth          : '',
       delay             : 200,
       hideDelay         : 0,
+      autoHide          : 0,
       animationIn       : '',
       animationOut      : '',
       offsetX           : 0,
@@ -242,6 +243,10 @@
               $win.off('resize' + '.' + pluginName, null, 'tipsoResizeHandler');
             });
           }
+
+          if (obj.settings.autoHide > 0)
+            obj.setAutoHideTimeout();
+
         }, obj.settings.delay);
       }
     },
@@ -299,6 +304,15 @@
       $e.removeData(pluginName);
       $e.removeClass('tipso_style').attr('title', this._title);
     },
+    setAutoHideTimeout: function() {
+      var obj = this;
+      if (typeof(obj.autoHideTimeout) !== 'undefined') {
+        window.clearTimeout(obj.autoHideTimeout);
+      }
+      obj.autoHideTimeout = window.setTimeout(function() {
+        obj.close();
+      }, obj.settings.autoHide);
+    },
     titleContent: function() {
         var content,
           $e = this.$element,
@@ -976,6 +990,7 @@
     }
 
   }
+
   $[pluginName] = $.fn[pluginName] = function(options) {
     var args = arguments;
     if (options === undefined || typeof options === 'object') {