diff --git a/rest_framework/schemas/__init__.py b/rest_framework/schemas/__init__.py
index 2e972ceb6..d69925bca 100644
--- a/rest_framework/schemas/__init__.py
+++ b/rest_framework/schemas/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+# We expose a minimal "public" API directly from `schemas`. This covers the
+# basic use-cases:
+#
+#     from rest_framework.schemas import (
+#         AutoSchema,
+#         ManualSchema,
+#         get_schema_view,
+#         SchemaGenerator,
+#     )
+#
+# Other access should target the submodules directly
 from .generators import SchemaGenerator
 from .inspectors import AutoSchema, ManualSchema  # noqa
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/schemas/generators.py b/rest_framework/schemas/generators.py
index a5778f0f8..eeea9d709 100644
--- a/rest_framework/schemas/generators.py
+++ b/rest_framework/schemas/generators.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def endpoint_ordering(endpoint):
     return (path, method_priority)
 
 
-class EndpointInspector(object):
+class EndpointEnumerator(object):
     """
     A class to determine the available API endpoints that a project exposes.
     """
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class SchemaGenerator(object):
         'patch': 'partial_update',
         'delete': 'destroy',
     }
-    endpoint_inspector_cls = EndpointInspector
+    endpoint_inspector_cls = EndpointEnumerator
 
     # Map the method names we use for viewset actions onto external schema names.
     # These give us names that are more suitable for the external representation.