Fixed #15730 - Documented the as_view() method for CBVs.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
index 3f82b44f46..42448ebc80 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ View
 
     **Methods**
 
+    .. classmethod:: as_view(**initkwargs)
+
+        Returns a callable view that takes a request and returns a response::
+
+            response = MyView.as_view(request)
+
     .. method:: dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
         The ``view`` part of the view -- the method that accepts a ``request``
diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt
index f0e7bbc6c1..c4b632604a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ it is safe to store state variables on the instance (i.e., ``self.foo = 3`` is
 a thread-safe operation).
 
 A class-based view is deployed into a URL pattern using the
-:meth:`~View.as_view()` classmethod::
+:meth:`~django.views.generic.base.View.as_view()` classmethod::
 
     urlpatterns = patterns('',
         (r'^view/$', MyView.as_view(size=42)),
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ A class-based view is deployed into a URL pattern using the
     is modified, the actions of one user visiting your view could have an
     effect on subsequent users visiting the same view.
 
-Any argument passed into :meth:`~View.as_view()` will be assigned onto the
-instance that is used to service a request. Using the previous example,
-this means that every request on ``MyView`` is able to use ``self.size``.
+Any argument passed into :meth:`~django.views.generic.base.View.as_view()` will
+be assigned onto the instance that is used to service a request. Using the
+previous example, this means that every request on ``MyView`` is able to use
+``self.size``.
 
 Base vs Generic views
 ---------------------