diff --git a/docs/topics/browsable-api.md b/docs/topics/browsable-api.md
index 9a95edfc60..3543cb4b71 100644
--- a/docs/topics/browsable-api.md
+++ b/docs/topics/browsable-api.md
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ To quickly add authentication to the browesable api, add a routes named `"login"
 
 ```python
 urlpatterns = [
-    # ...
-    url(r"^api-auth/", include("rest_framework.urls", namespace="rest_framework"))
+    ...,
+    url(r"^api-auth/", include("rest_framework.urls", namespace="rest_framework")),
 ]
 ```
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index db1fdd128b..28336c4356 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ def resolve_template(self, template_names):
 
     def get_template_context(self, data, renderer_context):
         response = renderer_context['response']
+        if isinstance(data, list):
+            return {'details': data, 'status_code': response.status_code}
         if response.exception:
             data['status_code'] = response.status_code
         return data