diff --git a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
index 71f481637..5e5ee4eda 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ The value of `request.user` and `request.auth` for unauthenticated requests can
 
 ## Setting the authentication policy
 
-The default authentication policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION` setting.  For example.
+The default authentication policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES` setting.  For example.
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-        'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION': (
+        'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
             'rest_framework.authentication.UserBasicAuthentication',
             'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
         )
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/parsers.md b/docs/api-guide/parsers.md
index 0985b2ca2..c35dfd058 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/parsers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/parsers.md
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ The set of valid parsers for a view is always defined as a list of classes.  Whe
 
 ## Setting the parsers
 
-The default set of parsers may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_PARSERS` setting.  For example, the following settings would allow requests with `YAML` content.
+The default set of parsers may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES` setting.  For example, the following settings would allow requests with `YAML` content.
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-        'DEFAULT_PARSERS': (
+        'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
             'rest_framework.parsers.YAMLParser',
         )
     }
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md
index b25b52be6..249f3938c 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Object level permissions are run by REST framework's generic views when `.get_ob
 
 ## Setting the permission policy
 
-The default permission policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS` setting.  For example.
+The default permission policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES` setting.  For example.
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-        'DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS': (
+        'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (
             'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated',
         )
     }
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/renderers.md b/docs/api-guide/renderers.md
index 24cca1815..b3b8d5bc1 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/renderers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/renderers.md
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ For more information see the documentation on [content negotation][conneg].
 
 ## Setting the renderers
 
-The default set of renderers may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_RENDERERS` setting.  For example, the following settings would use `YAML` as the main media type and also include the self describing API.
+The default set of renderers may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES` setting.  For example, the following settings would use `YAML` as the main media type and also include the self describing API.
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-        'DEFAULT_RENDERERS': (
+        'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
             'rest_framework.renderers.YAMLRenderer',
             'rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer',
         )
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/requests.md b/docs/api-guide/requests.md
index 439c97bcd..2770c6dd6 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/requests.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/requests.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ For clarity inside your code, we recommend using `request.QUERY_PARAMS` instead
 
 ## .parsers
 
-The `APIView` class or `@api_view` decorator will ensure that this property is automatically to a list of `Parser` instances, based on the `parser_classes` set on the view or based on the `DEFAULT_PARSERS` setting.
+The `APIView` class or `@api_view` decorator will ensure that this property is automatically to a list of `Parser` instances, based on the `parser_classes` set on the view or based on the `DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES` setting.
 
 You won't typically need to access this property.
 
@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ Note that due to implementation reasons the `Request` class does not inherit fro
 [cite]: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-developers/dxI4qVzrBY4/discussion
 [parsers documentation]: parsers.md
 [authentication documentation]: authentication.md
-[browser enhancements documentation]: ../topics/browser-enhancements.md
\ No newline at end of file
+[browser enhancements documentation]: ../topics/browser-enhancements.md
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/settings.md b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
index 84acd797d..21efc853e 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/settings.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ Configuration for REST framework is all namespaced inside a single Django settin
 For example your project's `settings.py` file might include something like this:
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-        'DEFAULT_RENDERERS': (
+        'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
             'rest_framework.renderers.YAMLRenderer',
         )
-        'DEFAULT_PARSERS': (
+        'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
             'rest_framework.parsers.YAMLParser',
         )
     }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ you should use the `api_settings` object.  For example.
 
     from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
     
-    print api_settings.DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION
+    print api_settings.DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES
 
 The `api_settings` object will check for any user-defined settings, and otherwise fallback to the default values.  Any setting that uses string import paths to refer to a class will automatically import and return the referenced class, instead of the string literal.
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The `api_settings` object will check for any user-defined settings, and otherwis
 
 # API Reference
 
-## DEFAULT_RENDERERS
+## DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES
 
 A list or tuple of renderer classes, that determines the default set of renderers that may be used when returning a `Response` object.
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Default:
         'rest_framework.renderers.TemplateHTMLRenderer'
     )
 
-## DEFAULT_PARSERS
+## DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES
 
 A list or tuple of parser classes, that determines the default set of parsers used when accessing the `request.DATA` property.
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Default:
         'rest_framework.parsers.FormParser'
     )
 
-## DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION
+## DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES
 
 A list or tuple of authentication classes, that determines the default set of authenticators used when accessing the `request.user` or `request.auth` properties.
 
@@ -68,25 +68,25 @@ Default:
         'rest_framework.authentication.UserBasicAuthentication'
     )
 
-## DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS
+## DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES
 
 A list or tuple of permission classes, that determines the default set of permissions checked at the start of a view.
 
 Default: `()`
 
-## DEFAULT_THROTTLES
+## DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES
 
 A list or tuple of throttle classes, that determines the default set of throttles checked at the start of a view.
 
 Default: `()`
 
-## DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER
+## DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS
 
 **TODO**
 
 Default: `rest_framework.serializers.ModelSerializer`
 
-## DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER
+## DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER_CLASS
 
 **TODO**
 
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
index 22e341876..435b20cec 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ If any throttle check fails an `exceptions.Throttled` exception will be raised,
 
 ## Setting the throttling policy
 
-The default throttling policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_THROTTLES` and `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES` settings.  For example.
+The default throttling policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES` and `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES` settings.  For example.
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-        'DEFAULT_THROTTLES': (
+        'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES': (
             'rest_framework.throttles.AnonThrottle',
             'rest_framework.throttles.UserThrottle',
         )
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ For example, multiple user throttle rates could be implemented by using the foll
 ...and the following settings.
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-        'DEFAULT_THROTTLES': (
+        'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES': (
             'example.throttles.BurstRateThrottle',
             'example.throttles.SustainedRateThrottle',
         )
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ For example, given the following views...
 ...and the following settings.
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-        'DEFAULT_THROTTLES': (
+        'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES': (
             'rest_framework.throttles.ScopedRateThrottle',
         )
         'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES': {
diff --git a/docs/css/default.css b/docs/css/default.css
index c1d2e885d..57446ff98 100644
--- a/docs/css/default.css
+++ b/docs/css/default.css
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ pre {
   font-weight: bold;
 }
 
+.nav-list a {
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
 /* Set the table of contents to static so it flows back into the content when
    viewed on tablets and smaller. */
 @media (max-width: 767px) {
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md b/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
index 851db3c7e..6bde725b3 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ We'd also like to set a few global settings.  We'd like to turn on pagination, a
     )
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-        'DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS': ('rest_framework.permissions.IsAdminUser',),
+        'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': ('rest_framework.permissions.IsAdminUser',),
         'PAGINATE_BY': 10
     }
 
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ If you want to get a more in depth understanding of how REST framework fits toge
 
 [image]: ../img/quickstart.png
 [tutorial]: 1-serialization.md
-[guide]: ../#api-guide
\ No newline at end of file
+[guide]: ../#api-guide
diff --git a/rest_framework/generics.py b/rest_framework/generics.py
index 59739d010..18c1033d1 100644
--- a/rest_framework/generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/generics.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class BaseView(views.APIView):
     Base class for all other generic views.
     """
     serializer_class = None
-    model_serializer_class = api_settings.MODEL_SERIALIZER
+    model_serializer_class = api_settings.DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS
 
     def get_serializer_context(self):
         """
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class MultipleObjectBaseView(MultipleObjectMixin, BaseView):
     Base class for generic views onto a queryset.
     """
 
-    pagination_serializer_class = api_settings.PAGINATION_SERIALIZER
+    pagination_serializer_class = api_settings.DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER_CLASS
     paginate_by = api_settings.PAGINATE_BY
 
     def get_pagination_serializer_class(self):
diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py
index b212680f8..5870be827 100644
--- a/rest_framework/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/request.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Request(object):
         self.parser_context['request'] = self
 
     def _default_negotiator(self):
-        return api_settings.DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION()
+        return api_settings.DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION_CLASS()
 
     @property
     def method(self):
diff --git a/rest_framework/settings.py b/rest_framework/settings.py
index 8bbb2f752..3c5082943 100644
--- a/rest_framework/settings.py
+++ b/rest_framework/settings.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ Settings for REST framework are all namespaced in the REST_FRAMEWORK setting.
 For example your project's `settings.py` file might look like this:
 
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-    'DEFAULT_RENDERERS': (
+    'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
         'rest_framework.renderers.YAMLRenderer',
     )
-    'DEFAULT_PARSERS': (
+    'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser',
         'rest_framework.parsers.YAMLParser',
     )
@@ -24,30 +24,33 @@ from django.utils import importlib
 USER_SETTINGS = getattr(settings, 'REST_FRAMEWORK', None)
 
 DEFAULTS = {
-    'DEFAULT_RENDERERS': (
+    'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
         'rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer',
     ),
-    'DEFAULT_PARSERS': (
+    'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser',
         'rest_framework.parsers.FormParser',
         'rest_framework.parsers.MultiPartParser'
     ),
-    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION': (
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
         'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication'
     ),
-    'DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS': (),
-    'DEFAULT_THROTTLES': (),
-    'DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION':
+    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (),
+    'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES': (),
+    'DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION_CLASS':
         'rest_framework.negotiation.DefaultContentNegotiation',
+
+    'DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS':
+        'rest_framework.serializers.ModelSerializer',
+    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER_CLASS':
+        'rest_framework.pagination.PaginationSerializer',
+
     'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES': {
         'user': None,
         'anon': None,
     },
-
-    'MODEL_SERIALIZER': 'rest_framework.serializers.ModelSerializer',
-    'PAGINATION_SERIALIZER': 'rest_framework.pagination.PaginationSerializer',
     'PAGINATE_BY': None,
 
     'UNAUTHENTICATED_USER': 'django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser',
@@ -65,14 +68,14 @@ DEFAULTS = {
 
 # List of settings that may be in string import notation.
 IMPORT_STRINGS = (
-    'DEFAULT_RENDERERS',
-    'DEFAULT_PARSERS',
-    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION',
-    'DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS',
-    'DEFAULT_THROTTLES',
-    'DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION',
-    'MODEL_SERIALIZER',
-    'PAGINATION_SERIALIZER',
+    'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES',
+    'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES',
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES',
+    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES',
+    'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES',
+    'DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION_CLASS',
+    'DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS',
+    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_SERIALIZER_CLASS',
     'UNAUTHENTICATED_USER',
     'UNAUTHENTICATED_TOKEN',
 )
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ class APISettings(object):
     For example:
 
         from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
-        print api_settings.DEFAULT_RENDERERS
+        print api_settings.DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES
 
     Any setting with string import paths will be automatically resolved
     and return the class, rather than the string literal.
diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index 357d89399..c721be3ca 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ def _camelcase_to_spaces(content):
 class APIView(View):
     settings = api_settings
 
-    renderer_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_RENDERERS
-    parser_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_PARSERS
-    authentication_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION
-    throttle_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_THROTTLES
-    permission_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS
-    content_negotiation_class = api_settings.DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION
+    renderer_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES
+    parser_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES
+    authentication_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES
+    throttle_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES
+    permission_classes = api_settings.DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES
+    content_negotiation_class = api_settings.DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION_CLASS
 
     @classmethod
     def as_view(cls, **initkwargs):