diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/flattened-index.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/flattened-index.txt
index 7634a07300..272c852181 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/flattened-index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/flattened-index.txt
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ FormView
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.form_class` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_class`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.base.View.http_method_names`
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_initial`]
+* :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_prefix`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin.response_class` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin.render_to_response`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.success_url` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin.template_name` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin.get_template_names`]
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ CreateView
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_initial`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.model`
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.pk_url_kwarg`
+* :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_prefix`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.queryset` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.get_queryset`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin.response_class` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin.render_to_response`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.slug_field` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.get_slug_field`]
@@ -223,6 +225,7 @@ UpdateView
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_initial`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.model`
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.pk_url_kwarg`
+* :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_prefix`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.queryset` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.get_queryset`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin.response_class` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin.render_to_response`]
 * :attr:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.slug_field` [:meth:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin.get_slug_field`]
diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-editing.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-editing.txt
index 23b781c2e4..bf1c10df13 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-editing.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-editing.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ FormMixin
 
         .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
-        Sets the :attr:`~django.forms.Form.prefix` for the generated form.
+        The :attr:`~django.forms.Form.prefix` for the generated form.
 
     .. method:: get_initial()
 
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ FormMixin
         request is a ``POST`` or ``PUT``, the request data (``request.POST``
         and ``request.FILES``) will also be provided.
 
+    .. method:: get_prefix()
+
+        .. versionadded:: 1.6
+
+        Determine the :attr:`~django.forms.Form.prefix` for the generated form.
+        Returns :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix` by default.
+
     .. method:: get_success_url()
 
         Determine the URL to redirect to when the form is successfully
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.6.txt b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
index 086c10c389..5d1a37ac53 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.6.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
@@ -330,6 +330,13 @@ Minor features
   behavior of clearing filters by setting the
   :attr:`~django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.preserve_filters` attribute to ``False``.
 
+* Added
+  :meth:`FormMixin.get_prefix<django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_prefix>`
+  (which returns
+  :attr:`FormMixin.prefix<django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix>` by
+  default) to allow customizing the :attr:`~django.forms.Form.prefix` of the
+  form.
+
 Backwards incompatible changes in 1.6
 =====================================
 
@@ -731,9 +738,6 @@ Miscellaneous
   of the admin views. You should update your custom templates if they use the
   previous parameter name.
 
-* Added :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.prefix` to allow you to
-  customize the prefix on the form.
-
 Features deprecated in 1.6
 ==========================