diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index 63e0d836f..264f7ac3b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
             'view': view,
             'request': request,
             'response': response,
+            'user': request.user,
             'description': self.get_description(view, response.status_code),
             'name': self.get_name(view),
             'version': VERSION,
diff --git a/tests/browsable_api/views.py b/tests/browsable_api/views.py
index cd020cd32..03758f10b 100644
--- a/tests/browsable_api/views.py
+++ b/tests/browsable_api/views.py
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
 
 class MockView(APIView):
-
     authentication_classes = (authentication.SessionAuthentication,)
-    renderer_classes = (renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer,)
+    renderer_classes = (renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer, renderers.JSONRenderer)
 
     def get(self, request):
         return Response({'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3})