diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/description.py b/rest_framework/tests/description.py
index 5b3315bcf..52c1a34c1 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/description.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/description.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.test import TestCase
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.compat import apply_markdown
+from rest_framework.utils.formatting import get_view_name, get_view_description
 
 # We check that docstrings get nicely un-indented.
 DESCRIPTION = """an example docstring
@@ -49,22 +50,16 @@ MARKED_DOWN_gte_21 = """<h2 id="an-example-docstring">an example docstring</h2>
 
 
 class TestViewNamesAndDescriptions(TestCase):
-    def test_resource_name_uses_classname_by_default(self):
-        """Ensure Resource names are based on the classname by default."""
+    def test_view_name_uses_class_name(self):
+        """
+        Ensure view names are based on the class name.
+        """
         class MockView(APIView):
             pass
-        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_name(), 'Mock')
+        self.assertEqual(get_view_name(MockView), 'Mock')
 
-    def test_resource_name_can_be_set_explicitly(self):
-        """Ensure Resource names can be set using the 'get_name' method."""
-        example = 'Some Other Name'
-        class MockView(APIView):
-            def get_name(self):
-                return example
-        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_name(), example)
-
-    def test_resource_description_uses_docstring_by_default(self):
-        """Ensure Resource names are based on the docstring by default."""
+    def test_view_description_uses_docstring(self):
+        """Ensure view descriptions are based on the docstring."""
         class MockView(APIView):
             """an example docstring
             ====================
@@ -81,44 +76,32 @@ class TestViewNamesAndDescriptions(TestCase):
 
             # hash style header #"""
 
-        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_description(), DESCRIPTION)
+        self.assertEqual(get_view_description(MockView), DESCRIPTION)
 
-    def test_resource_description_can_be_set_explicitly(self):
-        """Ensure Resource descriptions can be set using the 'get_description' method."""
-        example = 'Some other description'
-
-        class MockView(APIView):
-            """docstring"""
-            def get_description(self):
-                return example
-        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_description(), example)
-
-    def test_resource_description_supports_unicode(self):
+    def test_view_description_supports_unicode(self):
+        """
+        Unicode in docstrings should be respected.
+        """
 
         class MockView(APIView):
             """Проверка"""
             pass
 
-        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_description(), "Проверка")
+        self.assertEqual(get_view_description(MockView), "Проверка")
 
-
-    def test_resource_description_does_not_require_docstring(self):
-        """Ensure that empty docstrings do not affect the Resource's description if it has been set using the 'get_description' method."""
-        example = 'Some other description'
-
-        class MockView(APIView):
-            def get_description(self):
-                return example
-        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_description(), example)
-
-    def test_resource_description_can_be_empty(self):
-        """Ensure that if a resource has no doctring or 'description' class attribute, then it's description is the empty string."""
+    def test_view_description_can_be_empty(self):
+        """
+        Ensure that if a view has no docstring,
+        then it's description is the empty string.
+        """
         class MockView(APIView):
             pass
-        self.assertEqual(MockView().get_description(), '')
+        self.assertEqual(get_view_description(MockView), '')
 
     def test_markdown(self):
-        """Ensure markdown to HTML works as expected"""
+        """
+        Ensure markdown to HTML works as expected.
+        """
         if apply_markdown:
             gte_21_match = apply_markdown(DESCRIPTION) == MARKED_DOWN_gte_21
             lt_21_match = apply_markdown(DESCRIPTION) == MARKED_DOWN_lt_21