diff --git a/docs/generic_views.txt b/docs/generic_views.txt
index fdab97de27..99a9b7cf6b 100644
--- a/docs/generic_views.txt
+++ b/docs/generic_views.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ a date in the *future* are not included unless you set ``allow_future`` to
       the view's template. See the `RequestContext docs`_.
 
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
-      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` setting.
+      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.
 
     * ``allow_future``: A boolean specifying whether to include "future"
       objects on this page, where "future" means objects in which the field
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ to ``True``.
       this is ``False``.
 
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
-      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` setting.
+      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.
 
     * ``allow_future``: A boolean specifying whether to include "future"
       objects on this page, where "future" means objects in which the field
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ date in the *future* are not displayed unless you set ``allow_future`` to
        determining the variable's name.
 
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
-      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` setting.
+      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.
 
     * ``allow_future``: A boolean specifying whether to include "future"
       objects on this page, where "future" means objects in which the field
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ in the *future* are not displayed unless you set ``allow_future`` to ``True``.
        determining the variable's name.
 
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
-      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` setting.
+      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.
 
     * ``allow_future``: A boolean specifying whether to include "future"
       objects on this page, where "future" means objects in which the field
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ you set ``allow_future`` to ``True``.
        determining the variable's name.
 
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
-      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` setting.
+      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.
 
     * ``allow_future``: A boolean specifying whether to include "future"
       objects on this page, where "future" means objects in which the field
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ future, the view will throw a 404 error by default, unless you set
        to use in the template context. By default, this is ``'object'``.
 
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
-      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` setting.
+      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.
 
     * ``allow_future``: A boolean specifying whether to include "future"
       objects on this page, where "future" means objects in which the field
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ A page representing a list of objects.
        determining the variable's name.
 
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
-      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` setting.
+      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.
 
 **Template name:**
 
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ A page representing an individual object.
        to use in the template context. By default, this is ``'object'``.
 
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
-      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` setting.
+      to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.
 
 **Template name:**
 
diff --git a/docs/request_response.txt b/docs/request_response.txt
index 1f3b9d5804..006ac6b648 100644
--- a/docs/request_response.txt
+++ b/docs/request_response.txt
@@ -341,9 +341,9 @@ hard-coded strings. If you use this technique, follow these guidelines:
 Methods
 -------
 
-``__init__(content='', mimetype=DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE)``
+``__init__(content='', mimetype=DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE)``
     Instantiates an ``HttpResponse`` object with the given page content (a
-    string) and MIME type. The ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` is ``'text/html'``.
+    string) and MIME type. The ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` is ``'text/html'``.
 
     ``content`` can be an iterator or a string. If it's an iterator, it should
     return strings, and those strings will be joined together to form the