diff --git a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
index 1f08f5427..c2f739018 100755
--- a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ The default authentication schemes may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_AUTHE
         )
     }
 
-You can also set the authentication scheme on a per-view basis, using the `APIView` class based views.
+You can also set the authentication scheme on a per-view or per-viewset basis,
+using the `APIView` class based views.
 
     class ExampleView(APIView):
         authentication_classes = (SessionAuthentication, BasicAuthentication)
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/filtering.md b/docs/api-guide/filtering.md
index 805d82f8a..53cd3e13e 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/filtering.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/filtering.md
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ You must also set the filter backend to `DjangoFilterBackend` in your settings:
 
 ## Specifying filter fields
 
-If all you need is simple equality-based filtering, you can set a `filter_fields` attribute on the view, listing the set of fields you wish to filter against.
+If all you need is simple equality-based filtering, you can set a `filter_fields` attribute on the view, or viewset,
+listing the set of fields you wish to filter against.
 
     class ProductList(generics.ListAPIView):
         queryset = Product.objects.all()
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/parsers.md b/docs/api-guide/parsers.md
index a28304922..49d59d107 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/parsers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/parsers.md
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ The default set of parsers may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSE
         )
     }
 
-You can also set the renderers used for an individual view, using the `APIView` class based views.
+You can also set the renderers used for an individual view, or viewset,
+using the `APIView` class based views.
 
     class ExampleView(APIView):
         """
@@ -187,4 +188,4 @@ The following third party packages are also available.
 [cite]: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-developers/dxI4qVzrBY4/discussion
 [messagepack]: https://github.com/juanriaza/django-rest-framework-msgpack
 [juanriaza]: https://github.com/juanriaza
-[djangorestframework-msgpack]: https://github.com/juanriaza/django-rest-framework-msgpack
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+[djangorestframework-msgpack]: https://github.com/juanriaza/django-rest-framework-msgpack
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md
index 4772c5e0d..4b3eda6d3 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/permissions.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/permissions.md
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ If not specified, this setting defaults to allowing unrestricted access:
        'rest_framework.permissions.AllowAny',
     )
 
-You can also set the authentication policy on a per-view basis, using the `APIView` class based views.
+You can also set the authentication policy on a per-view, or per-viewset basis,
+using the `APIView` class based views.
 
     class ExampleView(APIView):
         permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/renderers.md b/docs/api-guide/renderers.md
index e2fc36cae..00739422a 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/renderers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/renderers.md
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ The default set of renderers may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_RENDERER_CL
         )
     }
 
-You can also set the renderers used for an individual view, using the `APIView` class based views.
+You can also set the renderers used for an individual view, or viewset,
+using the `APIView` class based views.
 
     class UserCountView(APIView):
         """
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
index 1abd49f47..d6de85ba8 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ The default throttling policy may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_C
 
 The rate descriptions used in `DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES` may include `second`, `minute`, `hour` or `day` as the throttle period.
 
-You can also set the throttling policy on a per-view basis, using the `APIView` class based views.
+You can also set the throttling policy on a per-view or per-viewset basis,
+using the `APIView` class based views.
 
     class ExampleView(APIView):
         throttle_classes = (UserThrottle,)
@@ -167,4 +168,4 @@ The following is an example of a rate throttle, that will randomly throttle 1 in
 [cite]: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/error-codes-responses
 [permissions]: permissions.md
 [cache-setting]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#caches
-[cache-docs]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/cache/#setting-up-the-cache
\ No newline at end of file
+[cache-docs]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/cache/#setting-up-the-cache