diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 1eb7f9ca16a..702f3c8e968 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ req.acceptsEncodings = function(){
  * Returns the best matching charset or an array of acceptable charsets.
  *
  * The `charset` argument(s) can be:
- * - A single charset string (e.g., "utf-8")
- * - Multiple charset strings as arguments (e.g., `"utf-8", "iso-8859-1"`)
- * - A comma-delimited list of charsets (e.g., `"utf-8, iso-8859-1"`)
+ * - A single charset string (e.g., 'utf-8')
+ * - Multiple charset strings as arguments (e.g., `'utf-8', 'iso-8859-1'`)
+ * - An array of charsets (e.g., `['utf-8', 'iso-8859-1']`)
  *
  * Examples:
  *
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ req.acceptsEncodings = function(){
  *     req.acceptsCharsets('utf-8', 'iso-8859-1');
  *     // => "utf-8"
  *
- *     req.acceptsCharsets('utf-8, utf-16');
+ *     req.acceptsCharsets(['utf-8', 'utf-16']);
  *     // => "utf-8"
  *
  * @param {...String} charsets - The charset(s) to check against the `Accept-Charset` header.
diff --git a/test/req.acceptsCharsets.js b/test/req.acceptsCharsets.js
index 2df68ae1097..677a37ab6b1 100644
--- a/test/req.acceptsCharsets.js
+++ b/test/req.acceptsCharsets.js
@@ -59,5 +59,18 @@ describe('req', function(){
         .expect('iso-8859-1', done);
       })
     })
+
+    it('should accept an array of charsets', function (done) {
+      var app = express();
+
+      app.use(function(req, res, next){
+        res.end(req.acceptsCharsets(['utf-8', 'iso-8859-1']));
+      });
+
+      request(app)
+      .get('/')
+      .set('Accept-Charset', 'iso-8859-1, utf-8')
+      .expect('iso-8859-1', done);
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/req.acceptsEncodings.js b/test/req.acceptsEncodings.js
index 9f8973cdfb8..5f89c135c61 100644
--- a/test/req.acceptsEncodings.js
+++ b/test/req.acceptsEncodings.js
@@ -35,5 +35,31 @@ describe('req', function(){
         .set('Accept-Encoding', ' gzip, deflate')
         .expect(200, { bogus: false }, done)
     })
+
+    it('should accept an array of encodings', function (done) {
+      var app = express();
+
+      app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+        res.send(req.acceptsEncodings(['deflate', 'gzip']))
+      })
+
+      request(app)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip;q=0.5, deflate')
+        .expect(200, 'deflate', done)
+    })
+
+    it('should accept an argument list of encodings', function (done) {
+      var app = express();
+
+      app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+        res.send(req.acceptsEncodings('gzip', 'deflate'))
+      })
+
+      request(app)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip, deflate')
+        .expect(200, 'gzip', done)
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/req.acceptsLanguages.js b/test/req.acceptsLanguages.js
index e5629fbc323..72625572a5e 100644
--- a/test/req.acceptsLanguages.js
+++ b/test/req.acceptsLanguages.js
@@ -36,6 +36,32 @@ describe('req', function(){
         .expect(200, { es: false }, done)
     })
 
+    it('should accept an array of languages', function (done) {
+      var app = express();
+
+      app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+        res.send(req.acceptsLanguages(['en-us', 'en']))
+      })
+
+      request(app)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Language', 'en;q=.5, en-us')
+        .expect(200, 'en-us', done)
+    })
+
+    it('should accept an argument list of languages', function (done) {
+      var app = express();
+
+      app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+        res.send(req.acceptsLanguages('jp', 'en'))
+      })
+
+      request(app)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Language', 'en;q=.5, en-us')
+        .expect(200, 'en', done)
+    })
+
     describe('when Accept-Language is not present', function(){
       it('should always return language', function (done) {
         var app = express();