diff --git a/djangorestframework/renderers.py b/djangorestframework/renderers.py
index 08022c7c9..2cc9cc88f 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/renderers.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/renderers.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from django.utils import simplejson as json
 
 
 from djangorestframework.compat import yaml
-from djangorestframework.utils import dict2xml, url_resolves
+from djangorestframework.utils import dict2xml, url_resolves, allowed_methods
 from djangorestframework.utils.breadcrumbs import get_breadcrumbs
 from djangorestframework.utils.mediatypes import get_media_type_params, add_media_type_param, media_type_matches
 from djangorestframework import VERSION
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ class DocumentingTemplateRenderer(BaseRenderer):
             'name': name,
             'version': VERSION,
             'breadcrumblist': breadcrumb_list,
+            'allowed_methods': allowed_methods(self.view),
             'available_formats': self.view._rendered_formats,
             'put_form': put_form_instance,
             'post_form': post_form_instance,
diff --git a/djangorestframework/response.py b/djangorestframework/response.py
index c5fdccbcd..6c42c898d 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/response.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/response.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Response(SimpleTemplateResponse):
         Returns reason text corresponding to our HTTP response status code.
         Provided for convenience.
         """
-        return STATUS_CODE_TEXT.get(self.status, '')
+        return STATUS_CODE_TEXT.get(self.status_code, '')
 
     def _determine_accept_list(self):
         """
@@ -166,5 +166,11 @@ class ImmediateResponse(Response, BaseException):
     """
     A subclass of :class:`Response` used to abort the current request handling.
     """
-    pass
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        """
+        Since this class is also an exception it has to provide a sensible
+        representation for the cases when it is treated as an exception.
+        """
+        return ('%s must be caught in try/except block, '
+                'and returned as a normal HttpResponse' % self.__class__.__name__)
diff --git a/djangorestframework/templates/renderer.html b/djangorestframework/templates/renderer.html
index 8b5c77c7b..808d96641 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/templates/renderer.html
+++ b/djangorestframework/templates/renderer.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     <div id="content" class="{% block coltype %}colM{% endblock %}">
 
-		{% if 'OPTIONS' in view.allowed_methods %}
+		{% if 'OPTIONS' in allowed_methods %}
 				<form action="{{ request.get_full_path }}" method="post">
 				    {% csrf_token %}
 					<input type="hidden" name="{{ METHOD_PARAM }}" value="OPTIONS" />
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
 	    <p>{{ description }}</p>
 	    <div class='module'>
 	    <pre><b>{{ response.status_code }} {{ response.status_text }}</b>{% autoescape off %}
-{% for key, val in response.headers.items %}<b>{{ key }}:</b> {{ val|urlize_quoted_links }}
+{% for key, val in response.items %}<b>{{ key }}:</b> {{ val|urlize_quoted_links }}
 {% endfor %}
 {{ content|urlize_quoted_links }}</pre>{% endautoescape %}</div>
 
-	{% if 'GET' in view.allowed_methods %}
+	{% if 'GET' in allowed_methods %}
 			<form>
 				<fieldset class='module aligned'>
 				<h2>GET {{ name }}</h2>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 	{# Only display the POST/PUT/DELETE forms if method tunneling via POST forms is enabled and the user has permissions on this view. #}
 	{% if METHOD_PARAM and response.status_code != 403 %}
 
-		{% if 'POST' in view.allowed_methods %}
+		{% if 'POST' in allowed_methods %}
 				<form action="{{ request.get_full_path }}" method="post" {% if post_form.is_multipart %}enctype="multipart/form-data"{% endif %}>
 				<fieldset class='module aligned'>
 					<h2>POST {{ name }}</h2>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 				</form>
 		{% endif %}
 
-		{% if 'PUT' in view.allowed_methods %}
+		{% if 'PUT' in allowed_methods %}
 				<form action="{{ request.get_full_path }}" method="post" {% if put_form.is_multipart %}enctype="multipart/form-data"{% endif %}>
 				<fieldset class='module aligned'>
 					<h2>PUT {{ name }}</h2>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 				</form>
 		{% endif %}
 
-		{% if 'DELETE' in view.allowed_methods %}
+		{% if 'DELETE' in allowed_methods %}
 				<form action="{{ request.get_full_path }}" method="post">
 				<fieldset class='module aligned'>
 					<h2>DELETE {{ name }}</h2>
diff --git a/examples/pygments_api/views.py b/examples/pygments_api/views.py
index d59a52c00..852b67309 100644
--- a/examples/pygments_api/views.py
+++ b/examples/pygments_api/views.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class PygmentsRoot(View):
         remove_oldest_files(HIGHLIGHTED_CODE_DIR, MAX_FILES)
 
         self.headers['Location'] = reverse('pygments-instance', args=[unique_id])
-        return Response(status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+        return Response(status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
 
 
 class PygmentsInstance(View):
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class PygmentsInstance(View):
     Simply return the stored highlighted HTML file with the correct mime type.
     This Resource only renders HTML and uses a standard HTML renderer rather than the renderers.DocumentingHTMLRenderer class.
     """
-    renderers = (HTMLRenderer,)
+    renderer_classes = (HTMLRenderer,)
 
     def get(self, request, unique_id):
         """
diff --git a/examples/views.py b/examples/views.py
index e7ef2ec94..e0e4c3c40 100644
--- a/examples/views.py
+++ b/examples/views.py
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ class ProxyView(View):
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response(self.response.content)
 
-    def __getattribute__(self, name):
-        if name == '__name__':
-            return self.view_class.__name__
-        elif name == '__doc__':
-            return self.view_class.__doc__
-        else:
-            return super(ProxyView, self).__getattribute__(name)
+    def get_name(self):    
+        return self.view_class.__name__
+
+    def get_description(self, html):
+        return self.view_class.__doc__