diff --git a/falcon/errors.py b/falcon/errors.py
index a43317604..d16c21a9f 100644
--- a/falcon/errors.py
+++ b/falcon/errors.py
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ class HTTPNotAcceptable(HTTPError):
             base articles related to this error (default ``None``).
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, description=None, headers=None, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, title=None, description=None, headers=None, **kwargs):
         super(HTTPNotAcceptable, self).__init__(status.HTTP_406,
-                                                'Media type not acceptable',
+                                                title,
                                                 description, headers,
                                                 **kwargs)
 
@@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ class HTTPUnsupportedMediaType(HTTPError):
             base articles related to this error (default ``None``).
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, description=None, headers=None, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, title=None, description=None, headers=None, **kwargs):
         super(HTTPUnsupportedMediaType, self).__init__(
-            status.HTTP_415, 'Unsupported media type',
+            status.HTTP_415, title,
             description, headers, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/falcon/media/handlers.py b/falcon/media/handlers.py
index 3b742e468..90e78ae20 100644
--- a/falcon/media/handlers.py
+++ b/falcon/media/handlers.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def find_by_media_type(self, media_type, default):
 
         if not resolved:
             raise errors.HTTPUnsupportedMediaType(
-                '{0} is an unsupported media type.'.format(media_type)
+                description='{0} is an unsupported media type.'.format(media_type)
             )
 
         return self.data[resolved]
diff --git a/tests/test_error.py b/tests/test_error.py
index 3e2b4c837..ea33ae1d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_error.py
+++ b/tests/test_error.py
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ def test_http_not_acceptable_no_title_and_desc_and_challenges():
         assert e.description is None
 
 
+def test_http_not_acceptable_with_title():
+    try:
+        raise falcon.HTTPNotAcceptable(title='test title')
+    except falcon.HTTPNotAcceptable as e:
+        assert e.title == 'test title'
+
+
 def test_http_not_acceptable_with_title_and_desc_and_challenges():
     try:
         raise falcon.HTTPNotAcceptable(description='Testdescription')
@@ -153,6 +160,13 @@ def test_http_unsupported_media_type_no_title_and_desc_and_challenges():
         assert e.description is None
 
 
+def test_http_unsupported_media_type_with_title():
+    try:
+        raise falcon.HTTPUnsupportedMediaType(title='test title')
+    except falcon.HTTPUnsupportedMediaType as e:
+        assert e.title == 'test title'
+
+
 def test_http_unsupported_media_type_with_title_and_desc_and_challenges():
     try:
         raise falcon.HTTPUnsupportedMediaType(description='boom')
diff --git a/tests/test_example.py b/tests/test_example.py
index c2a9eed05..cbcf63818 100644
--- a/tests/test_example.py
+++ b/tests/test_example.py
@@ -82,13 +82,15 @@ class RequireJSON:
     def process_request(self, req, resp):
         if not req.client_accepts_json:
             raise falcon.HTTPNotAcceptable(
-                'This API only supports responses encoded as JSON.',
+                title='406 Not Acceptable',
+                description='This API only supports responses encoded as JSON.',
                 href='http://docs.examples.com/api/json')
 
         if req.method in ('POST', 'PUT'):
             if 'application/json' not in req.content_type:
                 raise falcon.HTTPUnsupportedMediaType(
-                    'This API only supports requests encoded as JSON.',
+                    title='415 Unsupported Media Type',
+                    description='This API only supports requests encoded as JSON.',
                     href='http://docs.examples.com/api/json')
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_request_media.py b/tests/test_request_media.py
index 9a7d9b9b7..be277bc8a 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_media.py
+++ b/tests/test_request_media.py
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ def test_unknown_media_type(media_type):
     with pytest.raises(errors.HTTPUnsupportedMediaType) as err:
         client.resource.captured_req.media
 
-    msg = '{} is an unsupported media type.'.format(media_type)
-    assert err.value.description == msg
+    title_msg = '415 Unsupported Media Type'
+    description_msg = '{} is an unsupported media type.'.format(media_type)
+    assert err.value.title == title_msg
+    assert err.value.description == description_msg
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('media_type', [