2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/djangorestframework/authenticators.py b/djangorestframework/authenticators.py
index 85ba9f11..29875c64 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/authenticators.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/authenticators.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+"""The :mod:`authenticators` modules provides for pluggable authentication behaviour.
+
+Authentication behaviour is provided by adding the mixin class :class:`AuthenticatorMixin` to a :class:`.Resource` or Django :class:`View` class.
+
+The set of authenticators which are use is then specified by setting the :attr:`authenticators` attribute on the class, and listing a set of authenticator classes.
+"""
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 from django.middleware.csrf import CsrfViewMiddleware
 from djangorestframework.utils import as_tuple
@@ -5,11 +11,14 @@ import base64
 
 
 class AuthenticatorMixin(object):
+    """Adds pluggable authentication behaviour."""
+    
+    """The set of authenticators to use."""
     authenticators = None
 
     def authenticate(self, request):
         """Attempt to authenticate the request, returning an authentication context or None.
-        An authentication context may be any object, although in many cases it will be a User instance."""
+        An authentication context may be any object, although in many cases it will simply be a :class:`User` instance."""
         
         # Attempt authentication against each authenticator in turn,
         # and return None if no authenticators succeed in authenticating the request.
diff --git a/djangorestframework/emitters.py b/djangorestframework/emitters.py
index 6e101e86..be1d7ef3 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/emitters.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/emitters.py
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ _MSIE_USER_AGENT = re.compile(r'^Mozilla/[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ \([^)]*; MSIE [0-9]+\.[0
 
 
 class EmitterMixin(object):
+    """Adds behaviour for pluggable Emitters to a :class:`.Resource` or Django :class:`View`. class.
+    
+    Default behaviour is to use standard HTTP Accept header content negotiation.
+    Also supports overidding the content type by specifying an _accept= parameter in the URL.
+    Ignores Accept headers from Internet Explorer user agents and uses a sensible browser Accept header instead."""
+
     ACCEPT_QUERY_PARAM = '_accept'        # Allow override of Accept header in URL query params
     REWRITE_IE_ACCEPT_HEADER = True
 
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@ class EmitterMixin(object):
     emitters = ()
 
     def emit(self, response):
+        """Takes a :class:`Response` object and returns a Django :class:`HttpResponse`."""
         self.response = response
 
         try: