diff --git a/rest_framework/schemas.py b/rest_framework/schemas.py
index 5ce2e9e70..cd2c39258 100644
--- a/rest_framework/schemas.py
+++ b/rest_framework/schemas.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class SchemaGenerator(object):
         for item in path.strip('/').split('/'):
             if '{' in item:
                 continue
-            category.append(item)
+            category.append(item.capitalize())
 
         actions = getattr(callback, 'actions', self.default_mapping)
         action = actions[method.lower()]
diff --git a/tests/test_schemas.py b/tests/test_schemas.py
index 2a15e0e64..8284c71c4 100644
--- a/tests/test_schemas.py
+++ b/tests/test_schemas.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class TestRouterGeneratedSchema(TestCase):
             url='',
             title='Example API',
             content={
-                'example': {
+                'Example': {
                     'list': coreapi.Link(
                         url='/example/',
                         action='get',
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class TestRouterGeneratedSchema(TestCase):
             url='',
             title='Example API',
             content={
-                'example': {
+                'Example': {
                     'list': coreapi.Link(
                         url='/example/',
                         action='get',
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class TestSchemaGenerator(TestCase):
             url='',
             title='Test View',
             content={
-                'example-view': {
+                'Example-view': {
                     'create': coreapi.Link(
                         url='/example-view/',
                         action='post',
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class TestSchemaAndSubSchemaGenerator(TestCase):
             url='',
             title='Test View',
             content={
-                'example': {
+                'Example': {
                     'list': coreapi.Link(
                         url='/example/',
                         action='get',
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class TestSchemaAndSubSchemaGenerator(TestCase):
                         ]
                     )
                 },
-                'example-view': {
+                'Example-view': {
                     'create': coreapi.Link(
                         url='/{example_id}/example-view/',
                         action='post',