diff --git a/django/forms/forms.py b/django/forms/forms.py
index 7818aac13a080..d3f2046779f24 100644
--- a/django/forms/forms.py
+++ b/django/forms/forms.py
@@ -418,7 +418,13 @@ def __iter__(self):
         iterate over individual radio buttons in a template.
         """
         for subwidget in self.field.widget.subwidgets(self.html_name, self.value()):
-            yield self.as_widget(subwidget)
+            yield subwidget
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(list(self.__iter__()))
+
+    def __getitem__(self, idx):
+        return list(self.__iter__())[idx]
 
     def _errors(self):
         """
diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index 9c04750fdb262..49b148eeca263 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -137,6 +137,22 @@ def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
             new_class.media = media_property(new_class)
         return new_class
 
+class SubWidget(StrAndUnicode):
+    """
+    Some widgets are made of multiple HTML elements -- namely, RadioSelect.
+    This is a class that represents the "inner" HTML element of a widget.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, parent_widget, name, value, attrs, choices):
+        self.parent_widget = parent_widget
+        self.name, self.value = name, value
+        self.attrs, self.choices = attrs, choices
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        args = [self.name, self.value, self.attrs]
+        if self.choices:
+            args.append(self.choices)
+        return self.parent_widget.render(*args)
+
 class Widget(object):
     __metaclass__ = MediaDefiningClass
     is_hidden = False          # Determines whether this corresponds to an <input type="hidden">.
@@ -163,7 +179,7 @@ def subwidgets(self, name, value, attrs=None, choices=()):
 
         Arguments are the same as for render().
         """
-        yield self
+        yield SubWidget(self, name, value, attrs, choices)
 
     def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
         """
@@ -623,7 +639,7 @@ def _has_changed(self, initial, data):
         data_set = set([force_unicode(value) for value in data])
         return data_set != initial_set
 
-class RadioInput(StrAndUnicode):
+class RadioInput(SubWidget):
     """
     An object used by RadioFieldRenderer that represents a single
     <input type='radio'>.
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
index b657be4c53492..ac110c2ee8ff7 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
@@ -386,8 +386,41 @@ commonly used groups of widgets:
             <label><input type="radio" name="beatles" value="ringo" /> Ringo</label>
         </div>
 
-    If you decide not to loop over the radio buttons, they'll be output in a
-    ``<ul>`` with ``<li>`` tags, as above.
+    That included the ``<label>`` tags. To get more granular, you can use each
+    radio button's ``tag`` and ``choice_label`` attributes. For example, this template...
+
+    .. code-block:: html+django
+
+        {% for radio in myform.beatles %}
+            <label>
+                {{ radio.choice_label }}
+                <span class="radio">{{ radio.tag }}</span>
+            </label>
+        {% endfor %}
+
+    ...will result in the following HTML:
+
+    .. code-block:: html
+
+            <label>
+                John
+                <span class="radio"><input type="radio" name="beatles" value="john" /></span>
+            </label>
+            <label>
+                Paul
+                <span class="radio"><input type="radio" name="beatles" value="paul" /></span>
+            </label>
+            <label>
+                George
+                <span class="radio"><input type="radio" name="beatles" value="george" /></span>
+            </label>
+            <label>
+                Ringo
+                <span class="radio"><input type="radio" name="beatles" value="ringo" /></span>
+            </label>
+
+    If you decide not to loop over the radio buttons -- e.g., if your template simply includes
+    ``{{ myform.beatles }}`` -- they'll be output in a ``<ul>`` with ``<li>`` tags, as above.
 
 ``CheckboxSelectMultiple``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py
index e456c38a38436..4e9cc16f235f8 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ class BeatleForm(Form):
             name = ChoiceField(choices=[('john', 'John'), ('paul', 'Paul'), ('george', 'George'), ('ringo', 'Ringo')], widget=RadioSelect)
 
         f = BeatleForm(auto_id=False)
-        self.assertEqual('\n'.join(list(f['name'])), """<label><input type="radio" name="name" value="john" /> John</label>
+        self.assertEqual('\n'.join([str(bf) for bf in f['name']]), """<label><input type="radio" name="name" value="john" /> John</label>
 <label><input type="radio" name="name" value="paul" /> Paul</label>
 <label><input type="radio" name="name" value="george" /> George</label>
 <label><input type="radio" name="name" value="ringo" /> Ringo</label>""")
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class BeatleForm(Form):
             name = CharField()
 
         f = BeatleForm(auto_id=False)
-        self.assertEqual('\n'.join(list(f['name'])), u'<input type="text" name="name" />')
+        self.assertEqual('\n'.join([str(bf) for bf in f['name']]), u'<input type="text" name="name" />')
 
     def test_forms_with_multiple_choice(self):
         # MultipleChoiceField is a special case, as its data is required to be a list: