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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/status-codes.md b/docs/api-guide/status-codes.md
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@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ Using bare status codes in your responses isn't recommended.  REST framework inc
 
 The full set of HTTP status codes included in the `status` module is listed below.
 
+The module also includes a set of helper functions for testing if a status code is in a given range.
+
+    from rest_framework import status
+	from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+
+	class ExampleTestCase(APITestCase):
+	    def test_url_root(self):
+	        url = reverse('index')
+	        response = self.client.get(url)
+	        self.assertTrue(status.is_success(response.status_code))
+        
+
 For more information on proper usage of HTTP status codes see [RFC 2616][rfc2616]
 and [RFC 6585][rfc6585].
 
@@ -90,6 +102,15 @@ Response status codes beginning with the digit "5" indicate cases in which the s
     HTTP_505_HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED
     HTTP_511_NETWORK_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
 
+## Helper functions
+
+The following helper functions are available for identifying the category of the response code.
+
+    is_informational()  # 1xx
+    is_success()        # 2xx
+    is_redirect()       # 3xx
+    is_client_error()   # 4xx
+    is_server_error()   # 5xx
 
 [rfc2324]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt
 [rfc2616]: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html