diff --git a/django/views/decorators/http.py b/django/views/decorators/http.py
index a15e82fcc7..a62c13fb4d 100644
--- a/django/views/decorators/http.py
+++ b/django/views/decorators/http.py
@@ -4,26 +4,26 @@ Decorators for views based on HTTP headers.
 
 from django.utils.decorators import decorator_from_middleware
 from django.middleware.http import ConditionalGetMiddleware
-from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden
+from django.http import HttpResponseNotAllowed
 
 conditional_page = decorator_from_middleware(ConditionalGetMiddleware)
 
 def require_http_methods(request_method_list):
     """
     Decorator to make a view only accept particular request methods.  Usage::
-    
+
         @require_http_methods(["GET", "POST"])
         def my_view(request):
             # I can assume now that only GET or POST requests make it this far
-            # ...    
-            
+            # ...
+
     Note that request methods ARE case sensitive.
     """
     def decorator(func):
         def inner(request, *args, **kwargs):
-            method = request.META.get("REQUEST_METHOD", None) 
+            method = request.META.get("REQUEST_METHOD", None)
             if method not in request_method_list:
-                raise HttpResponseForbidden("REQUEST_METHOD '%s' not allowed" % method)
+                return HttpResponseNotAllowed(request_method_list)
             return func(request, *args, **kwargs)
         return inner
     return decorator