diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index d5a1394dc..9dca7e4f3 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -72,18 +72,6 @@ def readable_date_formats(formats):
     return humanize_strptime(format)
 
 
-def humanize_form_fields(form):
-    """Return a humanized description of all the fields in a form.
-
-    :param form: A Django form.
-    :return: A dictionary of {field_label: humanized description}
-
-    """
-    fields = SortedDict([(name, humanize_field(field))
-                         for name, field in form.fields.iteritems()])
-    return fields
-
-
 def readable_time_formats(formats):
     format = ', '.join(formats).replace(ISO_8601, 'hh:mm[:ss[.uuuuuu]]')
     return humanize_strptime(format)
@@ -204,9 +192,10 @@ class Field(object):
     @property
     def humanized(self):
         humanized = {
-            'type': self.type_name,
             'required': getattr(self, 'required', False),
         }
+        if self.type_name is not None:
+            humanized['type'] = self.type_name.replace('Field', '')
         optional_attrs = ['read_only', 'help_text', 'label',
                           'min_length', 'max_length']
         for attr in optional_attrs:
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/fields.py b/rest_framework/tests/fields.py
index fd1fe9615..de31b4287 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/fields.py
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ from decimal import Decimal
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import datetime
-from django import forms
 from django.core import validators
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 
 from rest_framework import serializers
-from rest_framework.fields import Field, CharField
+from rest_framework.fields import Field, CharField, IntegerField
 from rest_framework.serializers import Serializer
 from rest_framework.tests.models import RESTFrameworkModel
 
@@ -827,16 +826,21 @@ class URLFieldTests(TestCase):
 class HumanizedField(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.required_field = Field()
+        self.required_field.type_name = 'IntegerField'
         self.required_field.label = uuid4().hex
         self.required_field.required = True
 
         self.optional_field = Field()
+        self.optional_field.type_name = 'CharField'
         self.optional_field.label = uuid4().hex
         self.optional_field.required = False
 
+        self.integer_field = IntegerField()
+        self.char_field = CharField()
+
     def test_type(self):
-        for field in (self.required_field, self.optional_field):
-            self.assertEqual(field.humanized['type'], field.type_name)
+        self.assertEqual(self.char_field.humanized['type'], 'Char')
+        self.assertEqual(self.integer_field.humanized['type'], 'Integer')
 
     def test_required(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.required_field.humanized['required'], True)
@@ -863,11 +867,11 @@ class HumanizedSerializer(TestCase):
         expected = {
             'field1': {u'required': True,
                        u'max_length': 3,
-                       u'type': u'CharField',
+                       u'type': u'Char',
                        u'read_only': False},
             'field2': {u'required': False,
                        u'max_length': 10,
-                       u'type': u'CharField',
+                       u'type': u'Char',
                        u'read_only': False}}
         self.assertEqual(set(expected.keys()), set(humanized.keys()))
         for k, v in humanized.iteritems():
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/generics.py b/rest_framework/tests/generics.py
index f60a4c97f..eff4fea89 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/generics.py
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ class TestRootView(TestCase):
                 'max_length': 100,
                 'read_only': False,
                 'required': True,
-                'type': 'CharField',
+                'type': 'Char',
             },
             'id': {
                 'read_only': True,
                 'required': False,
-                'type': 'IntegerField',
+                'type': 'Integer',
             },
         }
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
@@ -264,12 +264,12 @@ class TestInstanceView(TestCase):
                     'max_length': 100,
                     'read_only': False,
                     'required': True,
-                    'type': 'CharField',
+                    'type': 'Char',
                 },
                 'id': {
                     'read_only': True,
                     'required': False,
-                    'type': 'IntegerField',
+                    'type': 'Integer',
                 },
             }
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index d1afbe894..ba2708bec 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 
 from rest_framework import status, exceptions
 from rest_framework.compat import View
-from rest_framework.fields import humanize_form_fields
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request, Request
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ class APIView(View):
             'parses': [parser.media_type for parser in self.parser_classes],
         }
         content['actions'] = self.action_metadata(request)
-
         return content
 
     def action_metadata(self, request):