diff --git a/Controller/RestController.php b/Controller/RestController.php
index ba7cc04..f07b7e6 100755
--- a/Controller/RestController.php
+++ b/Controller/RestController.php
@@ -86,17 +86,24 @@ protected function getModelBySubject(Request $request, $subject)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Handle document PUT (update)
+     * Handle arbitrary methods with the RestHandler.
+     *
+     * Except for the PUT operation to update a document, operations are
+     * registered as workflows.
      *
      * @param Request $request
-     * @param string  $subject URL of the subject, ie: cms/simple/news/news-name
+     * @param string  $subject URL of the subject, ie: /cms/simple/news/news-name
      *
      * @return Response
      *
      * @throws AccessDeniedException If the action is not allowed by the access
      *                               checker.
+     *
+     * @see RestService::run
+     *
+     * @since 1.2
      */
-    public function putDocumentAction(Request $request, $subject)
+    public function updateDocumentAction(Request $request, $subject)
     {
         if (!$this->accessChecker->check($request)) {
             throw new AccessDeniedException();
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ public function putDocumentAction(Request $request, $subject)
         $model = $this->getModelBySubject($request, $subject);
         $type = $this->typeFactory->getTypeByObject($model);
 
-        $result = $this->restHandler->run($request->request->all(), $type, null, RestService::HTTP_PUT);
+        $result = $this->restHandler->run($request->request->all(), $type, null, strtolower($request->getMethod()));
         $view = View::create($result)->setFormat('json');
 
         return $this->viewHandler->handle($view, $request);
@@ -138,33 +145,23 @@ public function postDocumentAction(Request $request)
             return $this->viewHandler->handle($view, $request);
         }
 
-        return Response::create('The document could not be created', 500);
+        return Response::create('The document was not created', 500);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Handle document deletion.
-     *
-     * @param Request $request
-     * @param string  $subject URL of the subject, ie: cms/simple/news/news-name
-     *
-     * @return Response
-     *
-     * @throws AccessDeniedException If the action is not allowed by the access
-     *                               checker.
+     * @deprecated Use updateDocumentAction
      */
-    public function deleteDocumentAction(Request $request, $subject)
+    public function putDocumentAction(Request $request, $subject)
     {
-        if (!$this->accessChecker->check($request)) {
-            throw new AccessDeniedException();
-        }
-
-        $model = $this->getModelBySubject($request, $subject);
-        $type = $this->typeFactory->getTypeByObject($model);
-
-        $result = $this->restHandler->run($request->request->all(), $type, $subject, RestService::HTTP_DELETE);
-        $view = View::create($result)->setFormat('json');
+        return self::updateDocumentAction($request, $subject);
+    }
 
-        return $this->viewHandler->handle($view, $request);
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use updateDocumentAction
+     */
+    public function deleteDocumentAction(Request $request, $subject)
+    {
+        return self::updateDocumentAction($request, $subject);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Resources/config/routing/rest.xml b/Resources/config/routing/rest.xml
index f2980a4..30b05d1 100644
--- a/Resources/config/routing/rest.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/routing/rest.xml
@@ -4,24 +4,16 @@
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
 
-    <route id="cmf_create_put_document" pattern="/{_locale}/symfony-cmf/create/document/{subject}">
-        <default key="_controller">cmf_create.rest.controller:putDocumentAction</default>
-        <default key="_format">json</default>
-        <requirement key="subject">.+</requirement>
-        <requirement key="_method">PUT</requirement>
-    </route>
-
     <route id="cmf_create_post_document" pattern="/{_locale}/symfony-cmf/create/document/{subject}">
         <default key="_controller">cmf_create.rest.controller:postDocumentAction</default>
         <default key="_format">json</default>
         <requirement key="_method">POST</requirement>
     </route>
 
-    <route id="cmf_create_delete_document" pattern="/{_locale}/symfony-cmf/create/document/{subject}">
-        <default key="_controller">cmf_create.rest.controller:deleteDocumentAction</default>
+    <route id="cmf_create_put_document" pattern="/{_locale}/symfony-cmf/create/document/{subject}">
+        <default key="_controller">cmf_create.rest.controller:updateDocumentAction</default>
         <default key="_format">json</default>
         <requirement key="subject">.+</requirement>
-        <requirement key="_method">DELETE</requirement>
     </route>
 
     <route id="cmf_create_workflows" pattern="/{_locale}/symfony-cmf/create/workflows/{subject}">