diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index ffecbfa..6c1fb57 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 
 - `ReactComponent` - A React component that you want to
   convert to a Web Component.
-- `options` - An set of parameters.
+- `options` - A set of parameters.
 
   - `options.shadow` - Use shadow DOM rather than light DOM.
   - `options.props` - Array of camelCasedProps to watch as String values or { [camelCasedProps]: "string" | "number" | "boolean" | "function" | "json" }
 
     - When specifying Array or Object as the type, the string passed into the attribute must pass `JSON.parse()` requirements.
-    - When specifying Boolean as the type, "true", "1", "yes", "TRUE", and "t" are mapped to `true`. All strings NOT begining with t, T, 1, y, or Y will be `false`.
+    - When specifying Boolean as the type, "true", "1", "yes", "TRUE", and "t" are mapped to `true`. All strings NOT beginning with t, T, 1, y, or Y will be `false`.
     - When specifying Function as the type, the string passed into the attribute must be the name of a function on `window` (or `global`). The `this` context of the function will be the instance of the WebComponent / HTMLElement when called.
     - If PropTypes are defined on the React component, the `options.props` will be ignored and the PropTypes will be used instead.
       However, we strongly recommend using `options.props` instead of PropTypes as it is usually not a good idea to use PropTypes in production.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ document.body.innerHTML =
 console.log(document.body.firstElementChild.innerHTML) // "<h1>Hello, Christopher</h1>"
 ```
 
-If `options.props` is specified, R2WC will use those props instead of the keys from propTypes. If it's an array, all corresponding kebob-cased attr values will be passed as strings to the underlying React component.
+If `options.props` is specified, R2WC will use those props instead of the keys from propTypes. If it's an array, all corresponding kebab-cased attr values will be passed as strings to the underlying React component.
 
 ```js
 function Greeting({ camelCaseName }) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core.ts b/packages/core/src/core.ts
index 86ec4e4..e657917 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core.ts
@@ -96,9 +96,12 @@ export default function r2wc<Props, Context>(
         const type = propTypes[prop]
         const transform = transforms[type]
 
-        if (value && transform?.parse) {
+        if (!value && type === "boolean") {
           //@ts-ignore
-          this[propsSymbol][prop] = transform.parse(value, this)
+          this[propsSymbol][prop] = true
+        } else if (value && transform?.parse) {
+          //@ts-ignore
+          this[propsSymbol][prop] = transform.parse(value, attribute, this)
         }
       }
     }
@@ -126,8 +129,13 @@ export default function r2wc<Props, Context>(
       const transform = transforms[type]
 
       if (prop in propTypes && transform?.parse) {
-        //@ts-ignore
-        this[propsSymbol][prop] = transform.parse(value, this)
+        if (!value && type === "boolean") {
+          //@ts-ignore
+          this[propsSymbol][prop] = true
+        } else {
+          //@ts-ignore
+          this[propsSymbol][prop] = transform.parse(value, attribute, this)
+        }
 
         this[renderSymbol]()
       }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/transforms/boolean.ts b/packages/core/src/transforms/boolean.ts
index 11d0a4b..1d703e7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/transforms/boolean.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/transforms/boolean.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
 import type { Transform } from "./index"
 
+let LOG_DEPRECATION_WARNING = true
 const string: Transform<boolean> = {
   stringify: (value) => (value ? "true" : "false"),
-  parse: (value) => /^[ty1-9]/i.test(value),
+  parse: (value, attribute) => {
+    const trueRegex = new RegExp(`^\b(true|${attribute})\b$`, "gi")
+    const falseRegex = new RegExp(`^\bfalse\b$`, "gi")
+    const deprecatedRegex = new RegExp(`^[ty1-9]`, "gi")
+
+    if (trueRegex.test(value)) {
+      return true
+    } else if (falseRegex.test(value)) {
+      return false
+    } else {
+      if (LOG_DEPRECATION_WARNING) {
+        console.warn(
+          `[${attribute}="${value}"] The current pattern for boolean attributes has been marked as deprecated. In a future release, this pattern will no longer be supported. To avoid compatibility issues, please migrate to the new behavior and use the attribute without a value or pass 'true', '<attribute>', or an empty string for the value to represent true. Otherwise, the attribute will be considered false.`,
+        )
+        LOG_DEPRECATION_WARNING = false
+      }
+      return deprecatedRegex.test(value)
+    }
+  },
 }
 
 export default string
diff --git a/packages/core/src/transforms/function.ts b/packages/core/src/transforms/function.ts
index 966892f..ed468c1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/transforms/function.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/transforms/function.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Transform } from "./index"
 
 const string: Transform<(...args: unknown[]) => unknown> = {
   stringify: (value) => value.name,
-  parse: (value, element) => {
+  parse: (value, _, element) => {
     const fn = (() => {
       if (typeof window !== "undefined" && value in window) {
         // @ts-expect-error
diff --git a/packages/core/src/transforms/index.ts b/packages/core/src/transforms/index.ts
index 6dccd76..f1fcdd7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/transforms/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/transforms/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import json from "./json"
 
 export interface Transform<Type> {
   stringify?: (value: Type) => string
-  parse: (value: string, element: HTMLElement) => Type
+  parse: (value: string, attribute: string, element: HTMLElement) => Type
 }
 
 const transforms = {