diff --git a/django/http/__init__.py b/django/http/__init__.py
index 7782ebe648..c6f104695d 100644
--- a/django/http/__init__.py
+++ b/django/http/__init__.py
@@ -728,11 +728,11 @@ class HttpResponse(object):
 class HttpResponseRedirectBase(HttpResponse):
     allowed_schemes = ['http', 'https', 'ftp']
 
-    def __init__(self, redirect_to):
+    def __init__(self, redirect_to, *args, **kwargs):
         parsed = urlparse(redirect_to)
         if parsed.scheme and parsed.scheme not in self.allowed_schemes:
             raise SuspiciousOperation("Unsafe redirect to URL with protocol '%s'" % parsed.scheme)
-        super(HttpResponseRedirectBase, self).__init__()
+        super(HttpResponseRedirectBase, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self['Location'] = iri_to_uri(redirect_to)
 
 class HttpResponseRedirect(HttpResponseRedirectBase):
@@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ class HttpResponseForbidden(HttpResponse):
 class HttpResponseNotAllowed(HttpResponse):
     status_code = 405
 
-    def __init__(self, permitted_methods):
-        super(HttpResponseNotAllowed, self).__init__()
+    def __init__(self, permitted_methods, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(HttpResponseNotAllowed, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self['Allow'] = ', '.join(permitted_methods)
 
 class HttpResponseGone(HttpResponse):
diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index 8d514dc533..21e99de10d 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -731,10 +731,11 @@ types of HTTP responses. Like ``HttpResponse``, these subclasses live in
 
 .. class:: HttpResponseRedirect
 
-    The constructor takes a single argument -- the path to redirect to. This
-    can be a fully qualified URL (e.g. ``'http://www.yahoo.com/search/'``) or
-    an absolute path with no domain (e.g. ``'/search/'``). Note that this
-    returns an HTTP status code 302.
+    The first argument to the constructor is required -- the path to redirect
+    to. This can be a fully qualified URL
+    (e.g. ``'http://www.yahoo.com/search/'``) or an absolute path with no
+    domain (e.g. ``'/search/'``). See :class:`HttpResponse` for other optional
+    constructor arguments. Note that this returns an HTTP status code 302.
 
 .. class:: HttpResponsePermanentRedirect
 
@@ -761,8 +762,9 @@ types of HTTP responses. Like ``HttpResponse``, these subclasses live in
 
 .. class:: HttpResponseNotAllowed
 
-    Like :class:`HttpResponse`, but uses a 405 status code. Takes a single,
-    required argument: a list of permitted methods (e.g. ``['GET', 'POST']``).
+    Like :class:`HttpResponse`, but uses a 405 status code. The first argument
+    to the constructor is required: a list of permitted methods (e.g.
+    ``['GET', 'POST']``).
 
 .. class:: HttpResponseGone
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/httpwrappers/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/httpwrappers/tests.py
index c84b2cd44e..21ba198bc3 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/httpwrappers/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/httpwrappers/tests.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import pickle
 
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
 from django.http import (QueryDict, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect,
-                         HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseNotModified,
+                         HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseNotAllowed,
+                         HttpResponseNotModified,
                          SimpleCookie, BadHeaderError,
                          parse_cookie)
+from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils import unittest
 
@@ -330,7 +332,16 @@ class HttpResponseTests(unittest.TestCase):
                               HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, url)
 
 
-class HttpResponseSubclassesTests(unittest.TestCase):
+class HttpResponseSubclassesTests(TestCase):
+    def test_redirect(self):
+        response = HttpResponseRedirect('/redirected/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+        # Test that standard HttpResponse init args can be used
+        response = HttpResponseRedirect('/redirected/',
+            content='The resource has temporarily moved',
+            content_type='text/html')
+        self.assertContains(response, 'The resource has temporarily moved', status_code=302)
+
     def test_not_modified(self):
         response = HttpResponseNotModified()
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 304)
@@ -339,6 +350,14 @@ class HttpResponseSubclassesTests(unittest.TestCase):
             response.content = "Hello dear"
         self.assertNotIn('content-type', response)
 
+    def test_not_allowed(self):
+        response = HttpResponseNotAllowed(['GET'])
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 405)
+        # Test that standard HttpResponse init args can be used
+        response = HttpResponseNotAllowed(['GET'],
+            content='Only the GET method is allowed',
+            content_type='text/html')
+        self.assertContains(response, 'Only the GET method is allowed', status_code=405)
 
 class CookieTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_encode(self):