diff --git a/docs/topics/class-based-views/generic-editing.txt b/docs/topics/class-based-views/generic-editing.txt
index 30e2dac787..82761a1985 100644
--- a/docs/topics/class-based-views/generic-editing.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/class-based-views/generic-editing.txt
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@ AJAX example
 Here is a simple example showing how you might go about implementing a form that
 works for AJAX requests as well as 'normal' form POSTs::
 
-    import json
-
-    from django.http import HttpResponse
+    from django.http import JsonResponse
     from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView
     from myapp.models import Author
 
@@ -229,15 +227,10 @@ works for AJAX requests as well as 'normal' form POSTs::
         Mixin to add AJAX support to a form.
         Must be used with an object-based FormView (e.g. CreateView)
         """
-        def render_to_json_response(self, context, **response_kwargs):
-            data = json.dumps(context)
-            response_kwargs['content_type'] = 'application/json'
-            return HttpResponse(data, **response_kwargs)
-
         def form_invalid(self, form):
             response = super(AjaxableResponseMixin, self).form_invalid(form)
             if self.request.is_ajax():
-                return self.render_to_json_response(form.errors, status=400)
+                return JsonResponse(form.errors, status=400)
             else:
                 return response
 
@@ -250,7 +243,7 @@ works for AJAX requests as well as 'normal' form POSTs::
                 data = {
                     'pk': self.object.pk,
                 }
-                return self.render_to_json_response(data)
+                return JsonResponse(data)
             else:
                 return response
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/class-based-views/mixins.txt b/docs/topics/class-based-views/mixins.txt
index f0bacca6c1..0f05102f0c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/class-based-views/mixins.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/class-based-views/mixins.txt
@@ -608,8 +608,7 @@ conversion to JSON once.
 
 For example, a simple JSON mixin might look something like this::
 
-    import json
-    from django.http import HttpResponse
+    from django.http import JsonResponse
 
     class JSONResponseMixin(object):
         """
@@ -619,19 +618,20 @@ For example, a simple JSON mixin might look something like this::
             """
             Returns a JSON response, transforming 'context' to make the payload.
             """
-            return HttpResponse(
-                self.convert_context_to_json(context),
-                content_type='application/json',
+            return JsonResponse(
+                self.get_data(context),
                 **response_kwargs
             )
 
-        def convert_context_to_json(self, context):
-            "Convert the context dictionary into a JSON object"
+        def get_data(self, context):
+            """
+            Returns an object that will be serialized as JSON by json.dumps().
+            """
             # Note: This is *EXTREMELY* naive; in reality, you'll need
             # to do much more complex handling to ensure that arbitrary
             # objects -- such as Django model instances or querysets
             # -- can be serialized as JSON.
-            return json.dumps(context)
+            return context
 
 .. note::