diff --git a/docs/api-guide/filtering.md b/docs/api-guide/filtering.md
index 859e8d52a..784aa585e 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/filtering.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/filtering.md
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ For more details on using filter sets see the [django-filter documentation][djan
 
 ## SearchFilter
 
-The `SearchFilterBackend` class supports simple single query parameter based searching, and is based on the [Django admin's search functionality][search-django-admin].
+The `SearchFilter` class supports simple single query parameter based searching, and is based on the [Django admin's search functionality][search-django-admin].
 
-The `SearchFilterBackend` class will only be applied if the view has a `search_fields` attribute set.  The `search_fields` attribute should be a list of names of text type fields on the model, such as `CharField` or `TextField`.
+The `SearchFilter` class will only be applied if the view has a `search_fields` attribute set.  The `search_fields` attribute should be a list of names of text type fields on the model, such as `CharField` or `TextField`.
 
     class UserListView(generics.ListAPIView):
         queryset = User.objects.all()
diff --git a/docs/topics/credits.md b/docs/topics/credits.md
index 4483f1707..b5dce5040 100644
--- a/docs/topics/credits.md
+++ b/docs/topics/credits.md
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ The following people have helped make REST framework great.
 * Edmond Wong - [edmondwong]
 * Ben Reilly - [bwreilly]
 * Tai Lee - [mrmachine]
+* Markus Kaiserswerth - [mkai]
 
 Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to the project.
 
@@ -374,3 +375,4 @@ You can also contact [@_tomchristie][twitter] directly on twitter.
 [edmondwong]: https://github.com/edmondwong
 [bwreilly]: https://github.com/bwreilly
 [mrmachine]: https://github.com/mrmachine
+[mkai]: https://github.com/mkai
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/2-requests-and-responses.md b/docs/tutorial/2-requests-and-responses.md
index 30966a106..6ff97f37d 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/2-requests-and-responses.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/2-requests-and-responses.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Similarly, we can control the format of the request that we send, using the `Con
     # POST using form data
     curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/snippets/ -d "code=print 123"
 
-    {"id": 3, "title": "", "code": "123", "linenos": false, "language": "python", "style": "friendly"}
+    {"id": 3, "title": "", "code": "print 123", "linenos": false, "language": "python", "style": "friendly"}
     
     # POST using JSON
     curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/snippets/ -d '{"code": "print 456"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json"
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md b/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
index 06eec3c4e..80bb9abb4 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Right, we'd better write some views then.  Open `quickstart/views.py` and get ty
         queryset = Group.objects.all()
         serializer_class = GroupSerializer
 
-Rather that write multiple views we're grouping together all the common behavior into classes called `ViewSets`.
+Rather than write multiple views we're grouping together all the common behavior into classes called `ViewSets`.
 
 We can easily break these down into individual views if we need to, but using viewsets keeps the view logic nicely organized as well as being very concise.
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index b9d1dae6b..581e29fc7 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ except ImportError:
         Image = None
 
 
+def get_model_name(model_cls):
+    try:
+        return model_cls._meta.model_name
+    except AttributeError:
+        # < 1.6 used module_name instead of model_name
+        return model_cls._meta.module_name
+
+
 def get_concrete_model(model_cls):
     try:
         return model_cls._meta.concrete_model
diff --git a/rest_framework/filters.py b/rest_framework/filters.py
index b8fe7f77e..e287a1683 100644
--- a/rest_framework/filters.py
+++ b/rest_framework/filters.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ returned by list views.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.db import models
-from rest_framework.compat import django_filters, six, guardian
+from rest_framework.compat import django_filters, six, guardian, get_model_name
 from functools import reduce
 import operator
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class DjangoObjectPermissionsFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
         model_cls = queryset.model
         kwargs = {
             'app_label': model_cls._meta.app_label,
-            'model_name': model_cls._meta.module_name
+            'model_name': get_model_name(model_cls)
         }
         permission = self.perm_format % kwargs
         return guardian.shortcuts.get_objects_for_user(user, permission, queryset)
diff --git a/rest_framework/permissions.py b/rest_framework/permissions.py
index 531847988..ab6655e7b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/permissions.py
+++ b/rest_framework/permissions.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import warnings
 SAFE_METHODS = ['GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS']
 
 from django.http import Http404
-from rest_framework.compat import oauth2_provider_scope, oauth2_constants
+from rest_framework.compat import (get_model_name, oauth2_provider_scope,
+                                   oauth2_constants)
 
 
 class BasePermission(object):
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class DjangoModelPermissions(BasePermission):
         """
         kwargs = {
             'app_label': model_cls._meta.app_label,
-            'model_name': model_cls._meta.module_name
+            'model_name': get_model_name(model_cls)
         }
         return [perm % kwargs for perm in self.perms_map[method]]
 
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ class DjangoObjectPermissions(DjangoModelPermissions):
     def get_required_object_permissions(self, method, model_cls):
         kwargs = {
             'app_label': model_cls._meta.app_label,
-            'model_name': model_cls._meta.module_name
+            'model_name': get_model_name(model_cls)
         }
         return [perm % kwargs for perm in self.perms_map[method]]
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index a63c7f6c2..8d2e0feb8 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -518,6 +518,9 @@ class BaseSerializer(WritableField):
         """
         Save the deserialized object and return it.
         """
+        # Clear cached _data, which may be invalidated by `save()`
+        self._data = None
+
         if isinstance(self.object, list):
             [self.save_object(item, **kwargs) for item in self.object]
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_permissions.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_permissions.py
index d08124f48..6e3a63034 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_permissions.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_permissions.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import unittest
 from rest_framework import generics, status, permissions, authentication, HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING
-from rest_framework.compat import guardian
+from rest_framework.compat import guardian, get_model_name
 from rest_framework.filters import DjangoObjectPermissionsFilter
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 from rest_framework.tests.models import BasicModel
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class ObjectPermissionsIntegrationTests(TestCase):
 
         # give everyone model level permissions, as we are not testing those
         everyone = Group.objects.create(name='everyone')
-        model_name = BasicPermModel._meta.module_name
+        model_name = get_model_name(BasicPermModel)
         app_label = BasicPermModel._meta.app_label
         f = '{0}_{1}'.format
         perms = {
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_serializer.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_serializer.py
index c24976603..8d246b010 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_serializer.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_serializer.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.fields import BLANK_CHOICE_DASH
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ class BasicTests(TestCase):
             'Happy new year!',
             datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1)
         )
+        self.actionitem = ActionItem(title='Some to do item',)
         self.data = {
             'email': 'tom@example.com',
             'content': 'Happy new year!',
@@ -264,6 +266,20 @@ class BasicTests(TestCase):
         """
         self.assertRaises(AssertionError, PersonSerializerInvalidReadOnly, [])
 
+    def test_serializer_data_is_cleared_on_save(self):
+        """
+        Check _data attribute is cleared on `save()`
+
+        Regression test for #1116
+            — id field is not populated if `data` is accessed prior to `save()`
+        """
+        serializer = ActionItemSerializer(self.actionitem)
+        self.assertIsNone(serializer.data.get('id',None), 'New instance. `id` should not be set.')
+        serializer.save()
+        self.assertIsNotNone(serializer.data.get('id',None), 'Model is saved. `id` should be set.')
+
+
+
 
 class DictStyleSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     """