1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/parsers.py b/rest_framework/parsers.py
index 96bfac84..23387dff 100644
--- a/rest_framework/parsers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/parsers.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ from django.core.files.uploadhandler import StopFutureHandlers
 from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.http.multipartparser import MultiPartParser as DjangoMultiPartParser
 from django.http.multipartparser import MultiPartParserError, parse_header, ChunkIter
-from rest_framework.compat import yaml, etree
+from rest_framework.compat import etree, six, yaml
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
-from rest_framework.compat import six
+from rest_framework import renderers
 import json
 import datetime
 import decimal
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class JSONParser(BaseParser):
     """
 
     media_type = 'application/json'
+    renderer_class = renderers.UnicodeJSONRenderer
 
     def parse(self, stream, media_type=None, parser_context=None):
         """
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class MultiPartParser(BaseParser):
             data, files = parser.parse()
             return DataAndFiles(data, files)
         except MultiPartParserError as exc:
-            raise ParseError('Multipart form parse error - %s' % six.u(exc))
+            raise ParseError('Multipart form parse error - %s' % six.u(exc.strerror))
 
 
 class XMLParser(BaseParser):