diff --git a/django/newforms/forms.py b/django/newforms/forms.py
index 6859ba2a37..2730bfe4e4 100644
--- a/django/newforms/forms.py
+++ b/django/newforms/forms.py
@@ -64,17 +64,15 @@ class Form(object):
         return not bool(self.errors())
 
     def as_table(self):
-        "Returns this form rendered as an HTML <table>."
-        output = u'\n'.join(['<tr><td>%s:</td><td>%s</td></tr>' % (pretty_name(name), BoundField(self, field, name)) for name, field in self.fields.items()])
-        return '<table>\n%s\n</table>' % output
+        "Returns this form rendered as HTML <tr>s -- excluding the <table></table>."
+        return u'\n'.join(['<tr><td>%s:</td><td>%s</td></tr>' % (pretty_name(name), BoundField(self, field, name)) for name, field in self.fields.items()])
 
     def as_ul(self):
-        "Returns this form rendered as an HTML <ul>."
-        output = u'\n'.join(['<li>%s: %s</li>' % (pretty_name(name), BoundField(self, field, name)) for name, field in self.fields.items()])
-        return '<ul>\n%s\n</ul>' % output
+        "Returns this form rendered as HTML <li>s -- excluding the <ul></ul>."
+        return u'\n'.join(['<li>%s: %s</li>' % (pretty_name(name), BoundField(self, field, name)) for name, field in self.fields.items()])
 
     def as_table_with_errors(self):
-        "Returns this form rendered as an HTML <table>, with errors."
+        "Returns this form rendered as HTML <tr>s, with errors."
         output = []
         if self.errors().get(NON_FIELD_ERRORS):
             # Errors not corresponding to a particular field are displayed at the top.
@@ -84,10 +82,10 @@ class Form(object):
             if bf.errors:
                 output.append('<tr><td colspan="2"><ul>%s</ul></td></tr>' % '\n'.join(['<li>%s</li>' % e for e in bf.errors]))
             output.append('<tr><td>%s:</td><td>%s</td></tr>' % (pretty_name(name), bf))
-        return '<table>\n%s\n</table>' % '\n'.join(output)
+        return u'\n'.join(output)
 
     def as_ul_with_errors(self):
-        "Returns this form rendered as an HTML <ul>, with errors."
+        "Returns this form rendered as HTML <li>s, with errors."
         output = []
         if self.errors().get(NON_FIELD_ERRORS):
             # Errors not corresponding to a particular field are displayed at the top.
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ class Form(object):
                 line += '<ul>%s</ul>' % '\n'.join(['<li>%s</li>' % e for e in bf.errors])
             line += '%s: %s</li>' % (pretty_name(name), bf)
             output.append(line)
-        return '<ul>\n%s\n</ul>' % '\n'.join(output)
+        return u'\n'.join(output)
 
     def full_clean(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
index e63ca097f7..b02ccb8ee8 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
@@ -881,38 +881,28 @@ ValidationError: [u'This field is required.']
 ...     birthday = DateField()
 >>> p = Person()
 >>> print p
-<table>
 <tr><td>First name:</td><td><input type="text" name="first_name" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Last name:</td><td><input type="text" name="last_name" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Birthday:</td><td><input type="text" name="birthday" /></td></tr>
-</table>
 >>> print p.as_table()
-<table>
 <tr><td>First name:</td><td><input type="text" name="first_name" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Last name:</td><td><input type="text" name="last_name" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Birthday:</td><td><input type="text" name="birthday" /></td></tr>
-</table>
 >>> print p.as_ul()
-<ul>
 <li>First name: <input type="text" name="first_name" /></li>
 <li>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name" /></li>
 <li>Birthday: <input type="text" name="birthday" /></li>
-</ul>
 >>> print p.as_table_with_errors()
-<table>
 <tr><td colspan="2"><ul><li>This field is required.</li></ul></td></tr>
 <tr><td>First name:</td><td><input type="text" name="first_name" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="2"><ul><li>This field is required.</li></ul></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Last name:</td><td><input type="text" name="last_name" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="2"><ul><li>This field is required.</li></ul></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Birthday:</td><td><input type="text" name="birthday" /></td></tr>
-</table>
 >>> print p.as_ul_with_errors()
-<ul>
 <li><ul><li>This field is required.</li></ul>First name: <input type="text" name="first_name" /></li>
 <li><ul><li>This field is required.</li></ul>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name" /></li>
 <li><ul><li>This field is required.</li></ul>Birthday: <input type="text" name="birthday" /></li>
-</ul>
 
 >>> p = Person({'first_name': u'John', 'last_name': u'Lennon', 'birthday': u'1940-10-9'})
 >>> p.errors()
@@ -937,11 +927,9 @@ u''
 <input type="text" name="last_name" value="Lennon" />
 <input type="text" name="birthday" value="1940-10-9" />
 >>> print p
-<table>
 <tr><td>First name:</td><td><input type="text" name="first_name" value="John" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Last name:</td><td><input type="text" name="last_name" value="Lennon" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Birthday:</td><td><input type="text" name="birthday" value="1940-10-9" /></td></tr>
-</table>
 
 >>> p = Person({'last_name': u'Lennon'})
 >>> p.errors()
@@ -978,31 +966,25 @@ If it's a string that contains '%s', Django will use that as a format string
 into which the field's name will be inserted.
 >>> p = Person(auto_id='id_%s')
 >>> print p.as_ul()
-<ul>
 <li>First name: <input type="text" name="first_name" id="id_first_name" /></li>
 <li>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" /></li>
 <li>Birthday: <input type="text" name="birthday" id="id_birthday" /></li>
-</ul>
 
 If auto_id is any True value whose str() does not contain '%s', the "id"
 attribute will be the name of the field.
 >>> p = Person(auto_id=True)
 >>> print p.as_ul()
-<ul>
 <li>First name: <input type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name" /></li>
 <li>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name" id="last_name" /></li>
 <li>Birthday: <input type="text" name="birthday" id="birthday" /></li>
-</ul>
 
 If auto_id is any False value, an "id" attribute won't be output unless it
 was manually entered.
 >>> p = Person(auto_id=False)
 >>> print p.as_ul()
-<ul>
 <li>First name: <input type="text" name="first_name" /></li>
 <li>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name" /></li>
 <li>Birthday: <input type="text" name="birthday" /></li>
-</ul>
 
 In this example, auto_id is False, but the "id" attribute for the "first_name"
 field is given.
@@ -1012,21 +994,17 @@ field is given.
 ...     birthday = DateField()
 >>> p = PersonNew(auto_id=False)
 >>> print p.as_ul()
-<ul>
 <li>First name: <input type="text" id="first_name_id" name="first_name" /></li>
 <li>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name" /></li>
 <li>Birthday: <input type="text" name="birthday" /></li>
-</ul>
 
 If the "id" attribute is specified in the Form and auto_id is True, the "id"
 attribute in the Form gets precedence.
 >>> p = PersonNew(auto_id=True)
 >>> print p.as_ul()
-<ul>
 <li>First name: <input type="text" id="first_name_id" name="first_name" /></li>
 <li>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name" id="last_name" /></li>
 <li>Birthday: <input type="text" name="birthday" id="birthday" /></li>
-</ul>
 
 >>> class SignupForm(Form):
 ...     email = EmailField()
@@ -1158,36 +1136,28 @@ Form.clean() still needs to return a dictionary of all clean data:
 ...        return self.clean_data
 >>> f = UserRegistration()
 >>> print f.as_table()
-<table>
 <tr><td>Username:</td><td><input type="text" name="username" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Password1:</td><td><input type="password" name="password1" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Password2:</td><td><input type="password" name="password2" /></td></tr>
-</table>
 >>> f.errors()
 {'username': [u'This field is required.'], 'password1': [u'This field is required.'], 'password2': [u'This field is required.']}
 >>> f = UserRegistration({'username': 'adrian', 'password1': 'foo', 'password2': 'bar'})
 >>> f.errors()
 {'__all__': [u'Please make sure your passwords match.']}
 >>> print f.as_table()
-<table>
 <tr><td>Username:</td><td><input type="text" name="username" value="adrian" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Password1:</td><td><input type="password" name="password1" value="foo" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Password2:</td><td><input type="password" name="password2" value="bar" /></td></tr>
-</table>
 >>> print f.as_table_with_errors()
-<table>
 <tr><td colspan="2"><ul><li>Please make sure your passwords match.</li></ul></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Username:</td><td><input type="text" name="username" value="adrian" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Password1:</td><td><input type="password" name="password1" value="foo" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Password2:</td><td><input type="password" name="password2" value="bar" /></td></tr>
-</table>
 >>> print f.as_ul_with_errors()
-<ul>
 <li><ul><li>Please make sure your passwords match.</li></ul></li>
 <li>Username: <input type="text" name="username" value="adrian" /></li>
 <li>Password1: <input type="password" name="password1" value="foo" /></li>
 <li>Password2: <input type="password" name="password2" value="bar" /></li>
-</ul>
 >>> f = UserRegistration({'username': 'adrian', 'password1': 'foo', 'password2': 'foo'})
 >>> f.errors()
 {}
@@ -1205,11 +1175,9 @@ subclass' __init__().
 ...         self.fields['birthday'] = DateField()
 >>> p = Person()
 >>> print p
-<table>
 <tr><td>First name:</td><td><input type="text" name="first_name" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Last name:</td><td><input type="text" name="last_name" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Birthday:</td><td><input type="text" name="birthday" /></td></tr>
-</table>
 """
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":