diff --git a/docs/api-guide/exceptions.md b/docs/api-guide/exceptions.md
index 03f16222d..fb7aac59a 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/exceptions.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/exceptions.md
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ In order to alter the style of the response, you could write the following custo
 
     from rest_framework.views import exception_handler
 
-    def custom_exception_handler(exc, context):
+    def custom_exception_handler(exc, **context):
         # Call REST framework's default exception handler first,
         # to get the standard error response.
-        response = exception_handler(exc, context)
+        response = exception_handler(exc, **context)
 
         # Now add the HTTP status code to the response.
         if response is not None:
diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index 8ec5f14ab..7871a5632 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get_view_description(view_cls, html=False):
     return description
 
 
-def exception_handler(exc, context):
+def exception_handler(exc, **context):
     """
     Returns the response that should be used for any given exception.