diff --git a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md
index b9bf67acbb..23caca4443 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ Okay, we're ready to get coding.
 To get started, let's create a new project to work with.
 
     cd ~
-    django-admin startproject tutorial
-    cd tutorial
+    django-admin startproject my_project
+    cd my_project
 
 Once that's done we can create an app that we'll use to create a simple Web API.
 
     python manage.py startapp snippets
 
-We'll need to add our new `snippets` app and the `rest_framework` app to `INSTALLED_APPS`. Let's edit the `tutorial/settings.py` file:
+We'll need to add our new `snippets` app and the `rest_framework` app to `INSTALLED_APPS`. Let's edit the `my_project/settings.py` file:
 
     INSTALLED_APPS = [
         ...
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ Finally we need to wire these views up.  Create the `snippets/urls.py` file:
         path('snippets/<int:pk>/', views.snippet_detail),
     ]
 
-We also need to wire up the root urlconf, in the `tutorial/urls.py` file, to include our snippet app's URLs.
+We also need to wire up the root urlconf, in the `my_project/urls.py` file, to include our snippet app's URLs.
 
     from django.urls import path, include
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Quit out of the shell...
     Validating models...
 
     0 errors found
-    Django version 5.0, using settings 'tutorial.settings'
+    Django version 5.0, using settings 'my_project.settings'
     Starting Development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
     Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
 
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md b/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
index a140dbce0a..974af1ed87 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
@@ -18,32 +18,32 @@ Create a new Django project named `tutorial`, then start a new app called `quick
     pip install djangorestframework
 
     # Set up a new project with a single application
-    django-admin startproject tutorial .  # Note the trailing '.' character
-    cd tutorial
+    django-admin startproject my_project .  # Note the trailing '.' character
+    cd my_project
     django-admin startapp quickstart
     cd ..
 
 The project layout should look like:
 
     $ pwd
-    <some path>/tutorial
+    <some path>/my_project
     $ find .
     .
-    ./tutorial
-    ./tutorial/asgi.py
-    ./tutorial/__init__.py
-    ./tutorial/quickstart
-    ./tutorial/quickstart/migrations
-    ./tutorial/quickstart/migrations/__init__.py
-    ./tutorial/quickstart/models.py
-    ./tutorial/quickstart/__init__.py
-    ./tutorial/quickstart/apps.py
-    ./tutorial/quickstart/admin.py
-    ./tutorial/quickstart/tests.py
-    ./tutorial/quickstart/views.py
-    ./tutorial/settings.py
-    ./tutorial/urls.py
-    ./tutorial/wsgi.py
+    ./my_project
+    ./my_project/asgi.py
+    ./my_project/__init__.py
+    ./my_project/quickstart
+    ./my_project/quickstart/migrations
+    ./my_project/quickstart/migrations/__init__.py
+    ./my_project/quickstart/models.py
+    ./my_project/quickstart/__init__.py
+    ./my_project/quickstart/apps.py
+    ./my_project/quickstart/admin.py
+    ./my_project/quickstart/tests.py
+    ./my_project/quickstart/views.py
+    ./my_project/settings.py
+    ./my_project/urls.py
+    ./my_project/wsgi.py
     ./env
     ./env/...
     ./manage.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Once you've set up a database and the initial user is created and ready to go, o
 
 ## Serializers
 
-First up we're going to define some serializers. Let's create a new module named `tutorial/quickstart/serializers.py` that we'll use for our data representations.
+First up we're going to define some serializers. Let's create a new module named `my_project/quickstart/serializers.py` that we'll use for our data representations.
 
     from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
     from rest_framework import serializers
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ Notice that we're using hyperlinked relations in this case with `HyperlinkedMode
 
 ## Views
 
-Right, we'd better write some views then.  Open `tutorial/quickstart/views.py` and get typing.
+Right, we'd better write some views then.  Open `my_project/quickstart/views.py` and get typing.
 
     from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
     from rest_framework import permissions, viewsets
 
-    from tutorial.quickstart.serializers import GroupSerializer, UserSerializer
+    from my_project.quickstart.serializers import GroupSerializer, UserSerializer
 
 
     class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ We can easily break these down into individual views if we need to, but using vi
 
 ## URLs
 
-Okay, now let's wire up the API URLs.  On to `tutorial/urls.py`...
+Okay, now let's wire up the API URLs.  On to `my_project/urls.py`...
 
     from django.urls import include, path
     from rest_framework import routers
 
-    from tutorial.quickstart import views
+    from my_project.quickstart import views
 
     router = routers.DefaultRouter()
     router.register(r'users', views.UserViewSet)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Again, if we need more control over the API URLs we can simply drop down to usin
 Finally, we're including default login and logout views for use with the browsable API.  That's optional, but useful if your API requires authentication and you want to use the browsable API.
 
 ## Pagination
-Pagination allows you to control how many objects per page are returned. To enable it add the following lines to `tutorial/settings.py`
+Pagination allows you to control how many objects per page are returned. To enable it add the following lines to `my_project/settings.py`
 
     REST_FRAMEWORK = {
         'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Pagination allows you to control how many objects per page are returned. To enab
 
 ## Settings
 
-Add `'rest_framework'` to `INSTALLED_APPS`. The settings module will be in `tutorial/settings.py`
+Add `'rest_framework'` to `INSTALLED_APPS`. The settings module will be in `my_project/settings.py`
 
     INSTALLED_APPS = [
         ...