diff --git a/docs/api-guide/routers.md b/docs/api-guide/routers.md
index 865829057..f196dc3cd 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/routers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/routers.md
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ The example above would generate the following URL patterns:
 * URL pattern: `^accounts/$`  Name: `'account-list'`
 * URL pattern: `^accounts/{pk}/$`  Name: `'account-detail'`
 
-### Extra link and actions
+### Registering additional routes
 
-Any methods on the viewset decorated with `@link` or `@action` will also be routed.
+Any methods on the viewset decorated with `@detail_route` or `@list_route` will also be routed.
 For example, a given method like this on the `UserViewSet` class:
 
-    @action(permission_classes=[IsAdminOrIsSelf])
+    @detail_route(methods=['post'], permission_classes=[IsAdminOrIsSelf])
     def set_password(self, request, pk=None):
         ...
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The following URL pattern would additionally be generated:
 
 ## SimpleRouter
 
-This router includes routes for the standard set of `list`, `create`, `retrieve`, `update`, `partial_update` and `destroy` actions.  The viewset can also mark additional methods to be routed, using the `@link` or `@action` decorators.
+This router includes routes for the standard set of `list`, `create`, `retrieve`, `update`, `partial_update` and `destroy` actions.  The viewset can also mark additional methods to be routed, using the `@detail_route` or `@list_route` decorators.
 
 <table border=1>
     <tr><th>URL Style</th><th>HTTP Method</th><th>Action</th><th>URL Name</th></tr>
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ This router includes routes for the standard set of `list`, `create`, `retrieve`
     <tr><td>PUT</td><td>update</td></tr>
     <tr><td>PATCH</td><td>partial_update</td></tr>
     <tr><td>DELETE</td><td>destroy</td></tr>
-    <tr><td rowspan=2>{prefix}/{lookup}/{methodname}/</td><td>GET</td><td>@link decorated method</td><td rowspan=2>{basename}-{methodname}</td></tr>
-    <tr><td>POST</td><td>@action decorated method</td></tr>
+    <tr><td rowspan=2>{prefix}/{lookup}/{methodname}/</td><td>GET</td><td>@detail_route decorated method</td><td rowspan=2>{basename}-{methodname}</td></tr>
+    <tr><td>POST</td><td>@detail_route decorated method</td></tr>
 </table>
 
 By default the URLs created by `SimpleRouter` are appending with a trailing slash.
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ This router is similar to `SimpleRouter` as above, but additionally includes a d
     <tr><td>PUT</td><td>update</td></tr>
     <tr><td>PATCH</td><td>partial_update</td></tr>
     <tr><td>DELETE</td><td>destroy</td></tr>
-    <tr><td rowspan=2>{prefix}/{lookup}/{methodname}/[.format]</td><td>GET</td><td>@link decorated method</td><td rowspan=2>{basename}-{methodname}</td></tr>
-    <tr><td>POST</td><td>@action decorated method</td></tr>
+    <tr><td rowspan=2>{prefix}/{lookup}/{methodname}/[.format]</td><td>GET</td><td>@detail_route decorated method</td><td rowspan=2>{basename}-{methodname}</td></tr>
+    <tr><td>POST</td><td>@detail_route decorated method</td></tr>
 </table>
 
 As with `SimpleRouter` the trailing slashs on the URL routes can be removed by setting the `trailing_slash` argument to `False` when instantiating the router.
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md b/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md
index 6d6bb1334..7a8d5979b 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/viewsets.md
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ The default routers included with REST framework will provide routes for a stand
         def destroy(self, request, pk=None):
             pass
 
-If you have ad-hoc methods that you need to be routed to, you can mark them as requiring routing using the `@link`, `@action`, `@list_link`, or `@list_action` decorators.  The `@link` and `@list_link` decorators will route `GET` requests, and the `@action` and `@list_action` decorators will route `POST` requests.
+If you have ad-hoc methods that you need to be routed to, you can mark them as requiring routing using the `@detail_route` or `@list_route` decorators.
 
-The `@link` and `@action` decorators contain `pk` in their URL pattern and are intended for methods which require a single instance. The `@list_link` and `@list_action` decorators are intended for methods which operate on a list of objects.
+The `@detail_route` decorator contains `pk` in its URL pattern and is intended for methods which require a single instance. The `@list_route` decorator is intended for methods which operate on a list of objects.
 
 For example:
 
     from django.contrib.auth.models import User
     from rest_framework import viewsets
-    from rest_framework.decorators import action, list_link
+    from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route, list_route
     from rest_framework.response import Response
     from myapp.serializers import UserSerializer, PasswordSerializer
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ For example:
         queryset = User.objects.all()
         serializer_class = UserSerializer
 
-        @action()
+        @detail_route(methods=['post'])
         def set_password(self, request, pk=None):
             user = self.get_object()
             serializer = PasswordSerializer(data=request.DATA)
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ For example:
                 return Response(serializer.errors,
                                 status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
-        @list_link()
+        @list_route()
         def recent_users(self, request):
             recent_users = User.objects.all().order('-last_login')
             page = self.paginate_queryset(recent_users)
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ For example:
 
 The decorators can additionally take extra arguments that will be set for the routed view only.  For example...
 
-        @action(permission_classes=[IsAdminOrIsSelf])
+        @detail_route(methods=['post'], permission_classes=[IsAdminOrIsSelf])
         def set_password(self, request, pk=None):
            ...
 
-The `@action` and `@list_action` decorators will route `POST` requests by default, but may also accept other HTTP methods, by using the `methods` argument.  For example:
+By default, the decorators will route `GET` requests, but may also accept other HTTP methods, by using the `methods` argument.  For example:
 
-        @action(methods=['POST', 'DELETE'])
+        @detail_route(methods=['post', 'delete'])
         def unset_password(self, request, pk=None):
            ...
 ---
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/6-viewsets-and-routers.md b/docs/tutorial/6-viewsets-and-routers.md
index f16add39d..f126ba045 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/6-viewsets-and-routers.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/6-viewsets-and-routers.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Here we've used `ReadOnlyModelViewSet` class to automatically provide the defaul
 
 Next we're going to replace the `SnippetList`, `SnippetDetail` and `SnippetHighlight` view classes.  We can remove the three views, and again replace them with a single class.
 
-    from rest_framework.decorators import link
+    from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route
 
     class SnippetViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
         """
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Next we're going to replace the `SnippetList`, `SnippetDetail` and `SnippetHighl
         permission_classes = (permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly,
                               IsOwnerOrReadOnly,)
 
-        @link(renderer_classes=[renderers.StaticHTMLRenderer])
+        @detail_route(renderer_classes=[renderers.StaticHTMLRenderer])
         def highlight(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
             snippet = self.get_object()
             return Response(snippet.highlighted)
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ Next we're going to replace the `SnippetList`, `SnippetDetail` and `SnippetHighl
 
 This time we've used the `ModelViewSet` class in order to get the complete set of default read and write operations.
 
-Notice that we've also used the `@link` decorator to create a custom action, named `highlight`.  This decorator can be used to add any custom endpoints that don't fit into the standard `create`/`update`/`delete` style.
+Notice that we've also used the `@detail_route` decorator to create a custom action, named `highlight`.  This decorator can be used to add any custom endpoints that don't fit into the standard `create`/`update`/`delete` style.
 
-Custom actions which use the `@link` decorator will respond to `GET` requests.  We could have instead used the `@action` decorator if we wanted an action that responded to `POST` requests.
+Custom actions which use the `@detail_route` decorator will respond to `GET` requests.  We can use the `methods` argument if we wanted an action that responded to `POST` requests.
 
 ## Binding ViewSets to URLs explicitly
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/decorators.py b/rest_framework/decorators.py
index 92f551db7..1ca176f2c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/decorators.py
+++ b/rest_framework/decorators.py
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ The most important decorator in this module is `@api_view`, which is used
 for writing function-based views with REST framework.
 
 There are also various decorators for setting the API policies on function
-based views, as well as the `@action` and `@link` decorators, which are
+based views, as well as the `@detail_route` and `@list_route` decorators, which are
 used to annotate methods on viewsets that should be included by routers.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from rest_framework.compat import six
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 import types
+import warnings
 
 
 def api_view(http_method_names):
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ def link(**kwargs):
     """
     Used to mark a method on a ViewSet that should be routed for detail GET requests.
     """
+    msg = 'link is pending deprecation. Use detail_route instead.'
+    warnings.warn(msg, PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
     def decorator(func):
         func.bind_to_methods = ['get']
         func.detail = True
@@ -123,6 +126,8 @@ def action(methods=['post'], **kwargs):
     """
     Used to mark a method on a ViewSet that should be routed for detail POST requests.
     """
+    msg = 'action is pending deprecation. Use detail_route instead.'
+    warnings.warn(msg, PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
     def decorator(func):
         func.bind_to_methods = methods
         func.detail = True
@@ -131,21 +136,21 @@ def action(methods=['post'], **kwargs):
     return decorator
 
 
-def list_link(**kwargs):
+def detail_route(methods=['get'], **kwargs):
     """
-    Used to mark a method on a ViewSet that should be routed for GET requests.
+    Used to mark a method on a ViewSet that should be routed for detail requests.
     """
     def decorator(func):
-        func.bind_to_methods = ['get']
-        func.detail = False
+        func.bind_to_methods = methods
+        func.detail = True
         func.kwargs = kwargs
         return func
     return decorator
 
 
-def list_action(methods=['post'], **kwargs):
+def list_route(methods=['get'], **kwargs):
     """
-    Used to mark a method on a ViewSet that should be routed for POST requests.
+    Used to mark a method on a ViewSet that should be routed for list requests.
     """
     def decorator(func):
         func.bind_to_methods = methods
diff --git a/rest_framework/routers.py b/rest_framework/routers.py
index b8f19b66a..b761ba9ae 100644
--- a/rest_framework/routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/routers.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class SimpleRouter(BaseRouter):
             initkwargs={'suffix': 'List'}
         ),
         # Dynamically generated list routes.
-        # Generated using @list_action or @list_link decorators
+        # Generated using @list_route decorator
         # on methods of the viewset.
         DynamicListRoute(
             url=r'^{prefix}/{methodname}{trailing_slash}$',
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class SimpleRouter(BaseRouter):
             initkwargs={'suffix': 'Instance'}
         ),
         # Dynamically generated detail routes.
-        # Generated using @action or @link decorators on methods of the viewset.
+        # Generated using @detail_route decorator on methods of the viewset.
         DynamicDetailRoute(
             url=r'^{prefix}/{lookup}/{methodname}{trailing_slash}$',
             name='{basename}-{methodnamehyphen}',
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class SimpleRouter(BaseRouter):
 
         known_actions = flatten([route.mapping.values() for route in self.routes if isinstance(route, Route)])
 
-        # Determine any `@action` or `@link` decorated methods on the viewset
+        # Determine any `@detail_route` or `@list_route` decorated methods on the viewset
         detail_routes = []
         list_routes = []
         for methodname in dir(viewset):
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ class SimpleRouter(BaseRouter):
             detail = getattr(attr, 'detail', True)
             if httpmethods:
                 if methodname in known_actions:
-                    raise ImproperlyConfigured('Cannot use @action, @link, @list_action '
-                                               'or @list_link decorator on method "%s" '
+                    raise ImproperlyConfigured('Cannot use @detail_route or @list_route '
+                                               'decorators on method "%s" '
                                                'as it is an existing route' % methodname)
                 httpmethods = [method.lower() for method in httpmethods]
                 if detail:
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class SimpleRouter(BaseRouter):
         ret = []
         for route in self.routes:
             if isinstance(route, DynamicDetailRoute):
-                # Dynamic detail routes (@link or @action decorator)
+                # Dynamic detail routes (@detail_route decorator)
                 for httpmethods, methodname in detail_routes:
                     initkwargs = route.initkwargs.copy()
                     initkwargs.update(getattr(viewset, methodname).kwargs)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class SimpleRouter(BaseRouter):
                         initkwargs=initkwargs,
                     ))
             elif isinstance(route, DynamicListRoute):
-                # Dynamic list routes (@list_link or @list_action decorator)
+                # Dynamic list routes (@list_route decorator)
                 for httpmethods, methodname in list_routes:
                     initkwargs = route.initkwargs.copy()
                     initkwargs.update(getattr(viewset, methodname).kwargs)
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py
index 393101763..c3597e389 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from django.test import TestCase
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from rest_framework import serializers, viewsets, permissions
 from rest_framework.compat import include, patterns, url
-from rest_framework.decorators import link, action, list_link, list_action
+from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route, list_route
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.routers import SimpleRouter, DefaultRouter
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
@@ -18,23 +18,23 @@ class BasicViewSet(viewsets.ViewSet):
     def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'list'})
 
-    @action()
+    @detail_route(methods=['post'])
     def action1(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'action1'})
 
-    @action()
+    @detail_route(methods=['post'])
     def action2(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'action2'})
 
-    @action(methods=['post', 'delete'])
+    @detail_route(methods=['post', 'delete'])
     def action3(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'action2'})
 
-    @link()
+    @detail_route()
     def link1(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'link1'})
 
-    @link()
+    @detail_route()
     def link2(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'link2'})
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class TestActionKeywordArgs(TestCase):
         class TestViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
             permission_classes = []
 
-            @action(permission_classes=[permissions.AllowAny])
+            @detail_route(methods=['post'], permission_classes=[permissions.AllowAny])
             def custom(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                 return Response({
                     'permission_classes': self.permission_classes
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ class TestActionKeywordArgs(TestCase):
 
 class TestActionAppliedToExistingRoute(TestCase):
     """
-    Ensure `@action` decorator raises an except when applied
+    Ensure `@detail_route` decorator raises an except when applied
     to an existing route
     """
 
     def test_exception_raised_when_action_applied_to_existing_route(self):
         class TestViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
 
-            @action()
+            @detail_route(methods=['post'])
             def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                 return Response({
                     'hello': 'world'
@@ -220,20 +220,20 @@ class DynamicListAndDetailViewSet(viewsets.ViewSet):
     def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'list'})
 
-    @list_action()
-    def list_action(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    @list_route(methods=['post'])
+    def list_route_post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'action1'})
 
-    @action()
-    def detail_action(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    @detail_route(methods=['post'])
+    def detail_route_post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'action2'})
 
-    @list_link()
-    def list_link(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    @list_route()
+    def list_route_get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'link1'})
 
-    @link()
-    def detail_link(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    @detail_route()
+    def detail_route_get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return Response({'method': 'link2'})
 
 
@@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ class TestDynamicListAndDetailRouter(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.router = SimpleRouter()
 
-    def test_link_and_action_decorator(self):
+    def test_list_and_detail_route_decorators(self):
         routes = self.router.get_routes(DynamicListAndDetailViewSet)
         decorator_routes = [r for r in routes if not (r.name.endswith('-list') or r.name.endswith('-detail'))]
         # Make sure all these endpoints exist and none have been clobbered
-        for i, endpoint in enumerate(['list_action', 'list_link', 'detail_action', 'detail_link']):
+        for i, endpoint in enumerate(['list_route_get', 'list_route_post', 'detail_route_get', 'detail_route_post']):
             route = decorator_routes[i]
             # check url listing
             if endpoint.startswith('list_'):
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class TestDynamicListAndDetailRouter(TestCase):
                 self.assertEqual(route.url,
                                  '^{{prefix}}/{{lookup}}/{0}{{trailing_slash}}$'.format(endpoint))
             # check method to function mapping
-            if endpoint.endswith('action'):
+            if endpoint.endswith('_post'):
                 method_map = 'post'
             else:
                 method_map = 'get'