diff --git a/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/curl/CurlDocumentation.java b/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/curl/CurlDocumentation.java
index 732c3ad5..05199d44 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/curl/CurlDocumentation.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/curl/CurlDocumentation.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @author Yann Le Guern
  * @author Dmitriy Mayboroda
+ * @author Jonathan Pearlin
  */
 public abstract class CurlDocumentation {
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public abstract class CurlDocumentation {
 				this.writer
 						.print(String.format(" -d '%s'", request.getContentAsString()));
 			}
-			else if (request.isPostRequest()) {
+			else if (request.isPostRequest() || request.isPutRequest()) {
 				String queryString = request.getParameterMapAsQueryString();
 				if (StringUtils.hasText(queryString)) {
 					this.writer.print(String.format(" -d '%s'", queryString));
diff --git a/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpDocumentation.java b/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpDocumentation.java
index b340c5b1..0e1b9fc9 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpDocumentation.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpDocumentation.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * Static factory methods for documenting a RESTful API's HTTP requests.
  * 
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Jonathan Pearlin
  */
 public abstract class HttpDocumentation {
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ public abstract class HttpDocumentation {
 			if (request.getContentLength() > 0) {
 				this.writer.println(request.getContentAsString());
 			}
-			else if (request.isPostRequest()) {
+			else if (request.isPostRequest() || request.isPutRequest()) {
 				String queryString = request.getParameterMapAsQueryString();
 				if (StringUtils.hasText(queryString)) {
 					this.writer.println(queryString);
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ public abstract class HttpDocumentation {
 		private boolean requiresFormEncodingContentType(
 				DocumentableHttpServletRequest request) {
 			return request.getHeaders().getContentType() == null
-					&& request.isPostRequest()
+					&& (request.isPostRequest() || request.isPutRequest())
 					&& StringUtils.hasText(request.getParameterMapAsQueryString());
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/util/DocumentableHttpServletRequest.java b/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/util/DocumentableHttpServletRequest.java
index bf1588ee..a4779722 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/util/DocumentableHttpServletRequest.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/util/DocumentableHttpServletRequest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
  * to help in the documentation of the request.
  * 
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
- *
+ * @author Jonathan Pearlin
  */
 public class DocumentableHttpServletRequest {
 
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ public class DocumentableHttpServletRequest {
 		return RequestMethod.POST == RequestMethod.valueOf(this.delegate.getMethod());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether or not this request is a {@code PUT} request.
+	 *
+	 * @return {@code true} if it is a {@code PUT} request, otherwise {@code false}
+	 * @see HttpServletRequest#getMethod()
+	 */
+	public boolean isPutRequest() {
+		return RequestMethod.PUT == RequestMethod.valueOf(this.delegate.getMethod());
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the request's headers. The headers are ordered based on the ordering of
 	 * {@link HttpServletRequest#getHeaderNames()} and
diff --git a/spring-restdocs/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/curl/CurlDocumentationTests.java b/spring-restdocs/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/curl/CurlDocumentationTests.java
index e984e830..dfda7b68 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/curl/CurlDocumentationTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/curl/CurlDocumentationTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static org.springframework.restdocs.test.SnippetMatchers.codeBlock;
 import static org.springframework.restdocs.test.StubMvcResult.result;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.post;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.put;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.restdocs.test.ExpectedSnippet;
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @author Yann Le Guern
  * @author Dmitriy Mayboroda
+ * @author Jonathan Pearlin
  */
 public class CurlDocumentationTests {
 
@@ -134,6 +136,36 @@ public class CurlDocumentationTests {
 				result(post("/foo").param("k1", "a&b")));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void putRequestWithOneParameter() throws IOException {
+		this.snippet.expectCurlRequest("put-request-with-one-parameter").withContents(
+				codeBlock("bash").content(
+						"$ curl 'http://localhost/foo' -i -X PUT -d 'k1=v1'"));
+		documentCurlRequest("put-request-with-one-parameter").handle(
+				result(put("/foo").param("k1", "v1")));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void putRequestWithMultipleParameters() throws IOException {
+		this.snippet.expectCurlRequest("put-request-with-multiple-parameters")
+				.withContents(
+						codeBlock("bash").content(
+								"$ curl 'http://localhost/foo' -i -X PUT"
+										+ " -d 'k1=v1&k1=v1-bis&k2=v2'"));
+		documentCurlRequest("put-request-with-multiple-parameters").handle(
+				result(put("/foo").param("k1", "v1", "v1-bis").param("k2", "v2")));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void putRequestWithUrlEncodedParameter() throws IOException {
+		this.snippet.expectCurlRequest("put-request-with-url-encoded-parameter")
+				.withContents(
+						codeBlock("bash").content(
+								"$ curl 'http://localhost/foo' -i -X PUT -d 'k1=a%26b'"));
+		documentCurlRequest("put-request-with-url-encoded-parameter").handle(
+				result(put("/foo").param("k1", "a&b")));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void requestWithHeaders() throws IOException {
 		this.snippet.expectCurlRequest("request-with-headers").withContents(
diff --git a/spring-restdocs/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpDocumentationTests.java b/spring-restdocs/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpDocumentationTests.java
index 4211c909..a1e30562 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpDocumentationTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpDocumentationTests.java
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import static org.springframework.restdocs.test.SnippetMatchers.httpResponse;
 import static org.springframework.restdocs.test.StubMvcResult.result;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.post;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.put;
 import static org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod.GET;
 import static org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod.POST;
+import static org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod.PUT;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.restdocs.test.ExpectedSnippet;
  * Tests for {@link HttpDocumentation}
  * 
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Jonathan Pearlin
  */
 public class HttpDocumentationTests {
 
@@ -94,6 +97,27 @@ public class HttpDocumentationTests {
 				result(post("/foo").param("b&r", "baz").param("a", "alpha")));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void putRequestWithContent() throws IOException {
+		this.snippet.expectHttpRequest("put-request-with-content").withContents(
+				httpRequest(PUT, "/foo") //
+						.content("Hello, world"));
+
+		documentHttpRequest("put-request-with-content").handle(
+				result(put("/foo").content("Hello, world")));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void putRequestWithParameter() throws IOException {
+		this.snippet.expectHttpRequest("put-request-with-parameter").withContents(
+				httpRequest(PUT, "/foo") //
+						.header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") //
+						.content("b%26r=baz&a=alpha"));
+
+		documentHttpRequest("put-request-with-parameter").handle(
+				result(put("/foo").param("b&r", "baz").param("a", "alpha")));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void basicResponse() throws IOException {
 		this.snippet.expectHttpResponse("basic-response").withContents(httpResponse(OK));