diff --git a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md
index 734a91e92..3346c70a3 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ Should be mixed in with [MultipleObjectAPIView].
 
 **Arguments**:
 
-* `allow_page_size_param` - Allows you to overwrite the global settings `ALLOW_PAGE_SIZE_PARAM` for a specific view.
-* `page_size_param` - Allows you to customize the page_size parameter. Default is `page_size`.
+* `page_size_kwarg` - Allows you to overwrite the global settings `PAGE_SIZE_KWARG` for a specific view.  You can also turn it off for a specific view by setting it to `None`.  Default is `page_size`.
 
 ## CreateModelMixin
 
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/settings.md b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
index 2f90369b4..8fce9e4e7 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/settings.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
@@ -150,10 +150,14 @@ Default: `'accept'`
 
 Default: `'format'`
 
-## ALLOW_PAGE_SIZE_PARAM
+## PAGE_SIZE_KWARG
 
 Allows you to globally pass a page size parameter for an individual request.
 
-Default: `'True'`
+The name of the GET parameter of views which inherit ListModelMixin for requesting data with an individual page size.
+
+If the value if this setting is `None` the passing a page size is turned off by default.
+
+Default: `'page_size'`
 
 [cite]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
diff --git a/docs/topics/release-notes.md b/docs/topics/release-notes.md
index f4a76c899..85c19f5bc 100644
--- a/docs/topics/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/topics/release-notes.md
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 ## Master
 
 * Support for `read_only_fields` on `ModelSerializer` classes.
-* Support for `page_size` GET parameter in views which inherit ListModelMixin.
-* Support for customizing `page_size` param via `page_size_param` attribute.
-* Support for allowing `page_size` param globally (via `ALLOW_PAGE_SIZE_PARAM`) and for individual views (via `allow_page_size_param`)
+* Support for individual page sizes per request via `page_size` GET parameter in views which inherit ListModelMixin.
 
 ## 2.1.2
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/mixins.py b/rest_framework/mixins.py
index d64e7e56a..d85e0bfbb 100644
--- a/rest_framework/mixins.py
+++ b/rest_framework/mixins.py
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ class ListModelMixin(object):
     Should be mixed in with `MultipleObjectAPIView`.
     """
     empty_error = u"Empty list and '%(class_name)s.allow_empty' is False."
-    allow_page_size_param = api_settings.ALLOW_PAGE_SIZE_PARAM
-    page_size_param = 'page_size'
+    page_size_kwarg = api_settings.PAGE_SIZE_KWARG
 
     def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         self.object_list = self.get_filtered_queryset()
@@ -59,11 +58,11 @@ class ListModelMixin(object):
         return Response(serializer.data)
 
     def get_paginate_by(self, queryset):
-        if self.allow_page_size_param:
-            page_size_param = self.request.QUERY_PARAMS.get(self.page_size_param)
-            if page_size_param:
+        if self.page_size_kwarg is not None:
+            page_size_kwarg = self.request.QUERY_PARAMS.get(self.page_size_kwarg)
+            if page_size_kwarg:
                 try:
-                    page_size = int(page_size_param)
+                    page_size = int(page_size_kwarg)
                     return page_size
                 except ValueError:
                     pass
diff --git a/rest_framework/settings.py b/rest_framework/settings.py
index 1daa9dfdb..c7b0643fb 100644
--- a/rest_framework/settings.py
+++ b/rest_framework/settings.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ DEFAULTS = {
 
     'FORMAT_SUFFIX_KWARG': 'format',
 
-    'ALLOW_PAGE_SIZE_PARAM': True
+    'PAGE_SIZE_KWARG': 'page_size'
 }