diff --git a/Formatter/AbstractFormatter.php b/Formatter/AbstractFormatter.php
index b5d2fc7..f521a4a 100644
--- a/Formatter/AbstractFormatter.php
+++ b/Formatter/AbstractFormatter.php
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFormatter implements FormatterInterface
                 'dataType'      => $info['dataType'],
                 'readonly'      => $info['readonly'],
                 'required'      => $info['required'],
+                'format'        => array_key_exists('format', $info) ? $info['format'] : null,
                 'sinceVersion'  => array_key_exists('sinceVersion', $info) ? $info['sinceVersion'] : null,
                 'untilVersion'  => array_key_exists('untilVersion', $info) ? $info['untilVersion'] : null,
             );
diff --git a/NelmioApiDocBundle.php b/NelmioApiDocBundle.php
index c165888..bfce996 100644
--- a/NelmioApiDocBundle.php
+++ b/NelmioApiDocBundle.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\DependencyInjection\RegisterJmsParserPass;
 use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\DependencyInjection\RegisterExtractorParsersPass;
 use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\DependencyInjection\ExtractorHandlerCompilerPass;
+use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\DependencyInjection\ParserHandlerCompilerPass;
 
 class NelmioApiDocBundle extends Bundle
 {
diff --git a/Parser/FormTypeParser.php b/Parser/FormTypeParser.php
index f04a2d9..f55f913 100644
--- a/Parser/FormTypeParser.php
+++ b/Parser/FormTypeParser.php
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ class FormTypeParser implements ParserInterface
      */
     protected $formFactory;
 
+    /**
+     * @var \Symfony\Component\Form\FormRegistry
+     */
+    protected $formRegistry;
+
     /**
      * @var array
      */
@@ -82,6 +87,7 @@ class FormTypeParser implements ParserInterface
 
     private function parseForm($form, $prefix = null)
     {
+        $className = get_class($form);
         $parameters = array();
         foreach ($form as $name => $child) {
             $config = $child->getConfig();
diff --git a/Parser/SymfonyValidationParser.php b/Parser/SymfonyValidationParser.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1294cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Parser/SymfonyValidationParser.php
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Parser;
+
+use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Parser\ParserInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\MetadataFactoryInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
+
+class SymfonyValidationParser implements ParserInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @var \Symfony\Component\Validator\MetadataFactoryInterface
+     */
+    protected $factory;
+
+    public function __construct(MetadataFactoryInterface $factory)
+    {
+        $this->factory = $factory;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function supports(array $input)
+    {
+        $className = $input['class'];
+
+        return $this->factory->hasMetadataFor($className);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function parse(array $input)
+    {
+        $vparams = array();
+        $className = $input['class'];
+
+        $classdata = $this->factory->getMetadataFor($className);
+
+        if($classdata->hasPropertyMetadata($name)) {
+            $propdata = $classdata->getPropertyMetadata($name);
+            $propdata = reset($propdata);
+            $constraints = $propdata->getConstraints();
+
+            foreach($constraints as $constraint) {
+                $vparams = $this->parseConstraint($constraint, $vparams);
+            }
+
+            if(isset($vparams['format'])) {
+                $vparams['format'] = join(', ', $vparams['format']);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $vparams;
+    }
+
+    protected function parseConstraint(Constraint $constraint, $vparams)
+    {
+        $class = substr(get_class($constraint), strlen('Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints\\'));
+
+        switch($class) {
+            case 'NotBlank':
+            case 'NotNull':
+                $vparams['required'] = true;
+                break;
+            case 'Type':
+                $vparams['dataType'] = $constraint->type;
+                break;
+            case 'Email':
+                $vparams['format'][] = '{email address}';
+                break;
+            case 'Url':
+                $vparams['format'][] = '{url}';
+                break;
+            case 'Ip':
+                $vparams['format'][] = '{ip address}';
+                break;
+            case 'Length':
+                $messages = array();
+                if(isset($constraint->min)) {
+                    $messages[] = "min: {$constraint->min}";
+                }
+                if(isset($constraint->max)) {
+                    $messages[] = "max: {$constraint->max}";
+                }
+                $vparams['format'][] = '{length: ' . join(', ', $messages) . '}';
+                break;
+            case 'Choice':
+                $format = '[' . join('|', $constraint->choices) . ']';
+                if($constraint->multiple) {
+                    $messages = array();
+                    if(isset($constraint->min)) {
+                        $messages[] = "min: {$constraint->min} ";
+                    }
+                    if(isset($constraint->max)) {
+                        $messages[] = "max: {$constraint->max} ";
+                    }
+                    $vparams['format'][] = '{' . join ('', $messages) . 'choice of ' . $format . '}';
+                } else {
+                    $vparams['format'][] = $format;
+                }
+                break;
+            case 'Regex':
+               if($constraint->match) {
+                   $vparams['format'][] = '{match: ' . $constraint->pattern . '}';
+               } else {
+                   $vparams['format'][] = '{not match: ' . $constraint->pattern . '}';
+               }
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return $vparams;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Resources/config/formatters.xml b/Resources/config/formatters.xml
index 53c31be..6e23df1 100644
--- a/Resources/config/formatters.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/formatters.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
     <parameters>
         <parameter key="nelmio_api_doc.parser.form_type_parser.class">Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Parser\FormTypeParser</parameter>
+        <parameter key="nelmio_api_doc.parser.symfony_validation_parser.class">Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Parser\SymfonyValidationParser</parameter>
         <parameter key="nelmio_api_doc.formatter.abstract_formatter.class">Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Formatter\AbstractFormatter</parameter>
         <parameter key="nelmio_api_doc.formatter.markdown_formatter.class">Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Formatter\MarkdownFormatter</parameter>
         <parameter key="nelmio_api_doc.formatter.simple_formatter.class">Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Formatter\SimpleFormatter</parameter>
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@
             <argument type="service" id="form.registry" />
             <tag name="nelmio_api_doc.extractor.parser" />
         </service>
+        <service id="nelmio_api_doc.parser.symfony_validation_parser" class="%nelmio_api_doc.parser.symfony_validation_parser.class%">
+            <argument type="service" id="validator.mapping.class_metadata_factory"/>
+            <tag name="nelmio_api_doc.extractor.parser" />
+        </service>
         <service id="nelmio_api_doc.formatter.abstract_formatter" class="%nelmio_api_doc.formatter.abstract_formatter.class%" />
         <service id="nelmio_api_doc.formatter.markdown_formatter" class="%nelmio_api_doc.formatter.markdown_formatter.class%"
             parent="nelmio_api_doc.formatter.abstract_formatter" />
diff --git a/Resources/config/services.xml b/Resources/config/services.xml
index 2c15d31..cce11c4 100644
--- a/Resources/config/services.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/services.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     </parameters>
 
     <services>
-        <service id='nelmio_api_doc.doc_comment_extractor' class='%nelmio_api_doc.doc_comment_extractor.class%' />
+        <service id='nelmio_api_doc.doc_comment_extractor' class="%nelmio_api_doc.doc_comment_extractor.class%" />
 
         <service id="nelmio_api_doc.extractor.api_doc_extractor" class="%nelmio_api_doc.extractor.api_doc_extractor.class%">
             <argument type="service" id="service_container"/>
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
         <service id="nelmio_api_doc.extractor.handler.sensio_framework_extra" class="%nelmio_api_doc.extractor.handler.sensio_framework_extra.class%" public="false">
             <tag name="nelmio_api_doc.extractor.handler"/>
         </service>
-
     </services>
 
 </container>
diff --git a/Resources/views/method.html.twig b/Resources/views/method.html.twig
index 81649a5..ed7c31b 100644
--- a/Resources/views/method.html.twig
+++ b/Resources/views/method.html.twig
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
                             <th>Parameter</th>
                             <th>Type</th>
                             <th>Required?</th>
+                            <th>Format</th>
                             <th>Description</th>
                         </tr>
                     </thead>
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@
                                     <td>{{ name }}</td>
                                     <td>{{ infos.dataType }}</td>
                                     <td>{{ infos.required ? 'true' : 'false' }}</td>
+                                    <td>{{ infos.format }}</td>
                                     <td>{{ infos.description }}</td>
                                 </tr>
                             {% endif %}
@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@
                                     <p class="tuple">
                                         <input type="text" class="key" value="{{ name }}" placeholder="Key" />
                                         <span>=</span>
-                                        <input type="text" class="value" placeholder="{% if infos.dataType %}[{{ infos.dataType }}] {% endif %}{% if infos.description %}{{ infos.description }}{% else %}Value{% endif %}" /> <span class="remove">-</span>
+                                        <input type="text" class="value" placeholder="{% if infos.dataType %}[{{ infos.dataType }}] {% endif %}{% if infos.format %}{{ infos.format }}{% endif %}{% if infos.description %}{{ infos.description }}{% else %}Value{% endif %}" /> <span class="remove">-</span>
                                     </p>
                                 {% endif %}
                                 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/Model/ValidatorTest.php b/Tests/Fixtures/Model/ValidatorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46ad6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/Model/ValidatorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the NelmioApiDocBundle.
+ *
+ * (c) Nelmio <hello@nelm.io>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\Fixtures\Model;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
+
+class ValidatorTest
+{
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Length(min=10);
+     */
+    public $length10;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Length(min=1, max=10)
+     */
+    public $length1to10;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\NotBlank()
+     */
+    public $notblank;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\NotNull()
+     */
+    public $notnull;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Type("DateTime");
+     */
+    public $type;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Email()
+     */
+    public $email;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Url()
+     */
+    public $url;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Ip()
+     */
+    public $ip;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Choice(choices={"a", "b"})
+     */
+    public $singlechoice;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Choice(choices={"x", "y", "z"}, multiple=true)
+     */
+    public $multiplechoice;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Choice(choices={"foo", "bar", "baz", "qux"}, multiple=true, min=2, max=3)
+     */
+    public $multiplerangechoice;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Regex(pattern="/^\d{1,4}\w{1,4}$/")
+     */
+    public $regexmatch;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Regex(pattern="/\d/", match=false)
+     */
+    public $regexnomatch;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\NotNull()
+     * @Assert\Type("string")
+     * @Assert\Email()
+     */
+    public $multipleassertions;
+
+    /**
+     * @Assert\Url()
+     * @Assert\Length(min=10)
+     */
+    public $multipleformats;
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Parser/SymfonyValidationHandlerTest.php b/Tests/Parser/SymfonyValidationHandlerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4deb76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Parser/SymfonyValidationHandlerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+<?php
+namespace NelmioApiDocBundle\Tests\Parser;
+
+use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\WebTestCase;
+use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Parser\Handler\SymfonyValidationHandler;
+
+
+class SymfonyValidationHandlerTest extends WebTestCase
+{
+    protected $handler;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $container  = $this->getContainer();
+        $factory = $container->get('validator.mapping.class_metadata_factory');
+
+        $this->handler = new SymfonyValidationHandler($factory);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataTestHandler
+     */
+    public function testHandler($property, $expected)
+    {
+        $result = $this->handler->handle('Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\Fixtures\Model\ValidatorTest', $property, array());
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+    }
+
+
+    public function dataTestHandler()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(
+                'property' => 'length10',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{length: min: 10}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'length1to10',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{length: min: 1, max: 10}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'notblank',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'required' => true
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'notnull',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'required' => true
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'type',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'dataType' => 'DateTime'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'email',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{email address}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'url',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{url}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'ip',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{ip address}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'singlechoice',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '[a|b]'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'multiplechoice',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{choice of [x|y|z]}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'multiplerangechoice',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{min: 2 max: 3 choice of [foo|bar|baz|qux]}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'regexmatch',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{match: /^\d{1,4}\w{1,4}$/}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'regexnomatch',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{not match: /\d/}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'multipleassertions',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'required' => true,
+                    'dataType' => 'string',
+                    'format' => '{email address}'
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'property' => 'multipleformats',
+                'expected' => array(
+                    'format' => '{url}, {length: min: 10}'
+                )
+            )
+        );
+    }
+}