diff --git a/django/views/decorators/cache.py b/django/views/decorators/cache.py
index 2296d14daa..bba7cd962f 100644
--- a/django/views/decorators/cache.py
+++ b/django/views/decorators/cache.py
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ def cache_page(*args, **kwargs):
     #   my_view = cache_page(123, key_prefix="foo")(my_view)
     # and possibly this way (?):
     #   my_view = cache_page(123, my_view)
+    # and also this way:
+    #   my_view = cache_page(my_view)
+    # and also this way:
+    #   my_view = cache_page()(my_view)
 
     # We also add some asserts to give better error messages in case people are
     # using other ways to call cache_page that no longer work.
@@ -45,9 +49,14 @@ def cache_page(*args, **kwargs):
         elif callable(args[1]):
             return decorator_from_middleware_with_args(CacheMiddleware)(cache_timeout=args[0], key_prefix=key_prefix)(args[1])
         else:
-            assert False, "cache_page must be passed either a single argument (timeout) or a view function and a timeout"
+            assert False, "cache_page must be passed a view function if called with two arguments"
+    elif len(args) == 1:
+        if callable(args[0]):
+            return decorator_from_middleware_with_args(CacheMiddleware)(key_prefix=key_prefix)(args[0])
+        else:
+            return decorator_from_middleware_with_args(CacheMiddleware)(cache_timeout=args[0], key_prefix=key_prefix)
     else:
-        return decorator_from_middleware_with_args(CacheMiddleware)(cache_timeout=args[0], key_prefix=key_prefix)
+        return decorator_from_middleware_with_args(CacheMiddleware)(key_prefix=key_prefix)
 
 
 def cache_control(**kwargs):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/decorators/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/decorators/tests.py
index 7855fef638..ea2e10e965 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/decorators/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/decorators/tests.py
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ class DecoratorsTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(my_view_cached(HttpRequest()), "response")
         my_view_cached2 = cache_page(my_view, 123, key_prefix="test")
         self.assertEqual(my_view_cached2(HttpRequest()), "response")
+        my_view_cached3 = cache_page(my_view)
+        self.assertEqual(my_view_cached3(HttpRequest()), "response")
+        my_view_cached4 = cache_page()(my_view)
+        self.assertEqual(my_view_cached4(HttpRequest()), "response")
 
 
 # For testing method_decorator, a decorator that assumes a single argument.