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diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
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--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ ancestor classes are documented under the section title of **Ancestors
If the view was called with an HTTP method it doesn't support, this
method is called instead.
- The default implementation returns ``HttpResponseNotAllowed`` with a
- list of allowed methods in plain text.
+ The default implementation returns ``HttpResponseNotAllowed`` with the
+ list of allowed methods in the ``Allow`` header, as required by
+ :rfc:`RFC 7231 <7231#section-6.5.5>`. The response body is empty.
.. method:: options(request, *args, **kwargs)