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@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ Alternatively, you may use the `visible` property to define a white-list of attr
         protected $visible = ['first_name', 'last_name'];
     }
 
+#### Temporarily Exposing Hidden Properties
+
+If you would like to make some typically hidden attributes visible on a given model instance, you may use the `makeVisible` method. The `makeVisible` method returns the model instance for convenient method chaining:
+
+    return $user->makeVisible('attribute')->toArray();
+
 <a name="appending-values-to-json"></a>
 ## Appending Values To JSON