diff --git a/docs/topics/class-based-views/intro.txt b/docs/topics/class-based-views/intro.txt
index 8399b56041..b1212af585 100644
--- a/docs/topics/class-based-views/intro.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/class-based-views/intro.txt
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ decorator. In the example, ``never_cache()`` will process the request before
 ``login_required()``.
 
 In this example, every instance of ``ProtectedView`` will have login protection.
+These examples use ``login_required``, however, the same behavior can be
+obtained more simply using
+:class:`~django.contrib.auth.mixins.LoginRequiredMixin`.
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/http/decorators.txt b/docs/topics/http/decorators.txt
index 55676c4888..b5145919ab 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/decorators.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/decorators.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ View decorators
 Django provides several decorators that can be applied to views to support
 various HTTP features.
 
+See :ref:`decorating-class-based-views` for how to use these decorators with
+class-based views.
+
 Allowed HTTP methods
 ====================