diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 31ab05f2..866944ce 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
    classic style) than `Sinatra::Application` by setting `Delegator.target`.
    This was mainly introduced to ease testing. (Konstantin Haase)
 
+ * Added `request.accept?` and `request.preferred_type` to ease dealing with
+   `Accept` headers. (Konstantin Haase)
+
 = 1.2.2 / Not Yet Released
 
  * The `:provides => :js` condition now matches both `application/javascript`
diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 703d674e..eb952c88 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -1099,29 +1099,33 @@ error handlers) through the <tt>request</tt> method:
 
   # app running on http://example.com/example
   get '/foo' do
-    request.body              # request body sent by the client (see below)
-    request.scheme            # "http"
-    request.script_name       # "/example"
-    request.path_info         # "/foo"
-    request.port              # 80
-    request.request_method    # "GET"
-    request.query_string      # ""
-    request.content_length    # length of request.body
-    request.media_type        # media type of request.body
-    request.host              # "example.com"
-    request.get?              # true (similar methods for other verbs)
-    request.form_data?        # false
-    request["SOME_HEADER"]    # value of SOME_HEADER header
-    request.referrer          # the referrer of the client or '/'
-    request.user_agent        # user agent (used by :agent condition)
-    request.cookies           # hash of browser cookies
-    request.xhr?              # is this an ajax request?
-    request.url               # "http://example.com/example/foo"
-    request.path              # "/example/foo"
-    request.ip                # client IP address
-    request.secure?           # false (would be true over ssl)
-    request.forwarded?        # true (if running behind a reverse proxy)
-    request.env               # raw env hash handed in by Rack
+    t = %w[text/css text/html application/javascript]
+    request.accept              # ['text/html', '*/*']
+    request.accept? 'text/xml'  # true
+    request.preferred_type(t)   # 'text/html'
+    request.body                # request body sent by the client (see below)
+    request.scheme              # "http"
+    request.script_name         # "/example"
+    request.path_info           # "/foo"
+    request.port                # 80
+    request.request_method      # "GET"
+    request.query_string        # ""
+    request.content_length      # length of request.body
+    request.media_type          # media type of request.body
+    request.host                # "example.com"
+    request.get?                # true (similar methods for other verbs)
+    request.form_data?          # false
+    request["SOME_HEADER"]      # value of SOME_HEADER header
+    request.referrer            # the referrer of the client or '/'
+    request.user_agent          # user agent (used by :agent condition)
+    request.cookies             # hash of browser cookies
+    request.xhr?                # is this an ajax request?
+    request.url                 # "http://example.com/example/foo"
+    request.path                # "/example/foo"
+    request.ip                  # client IP address
+    request.secure?             # false (would be true over ssl)
+    request.forwarded?          # true (if running behind a reverse proxy)
+    request.env                 # raw env hash handed in by Rack
   end
 
 Some options, like <tt>script_name</tt> or <tt>path_info</tt>, can also be