diff --git a/HACKING.rst b/HACKING.rst
index 77a8612..e5f45ac 100644
--- a/HACKING.rst
+++ b/HACKING.rst
@@ -102,20 +102,20 @@
 Service Tagging
 ---------------
 Service tagging is used to specify which services are exercised by a particular
-test method. You specify the services with the tempest.test.services decorator.
-For example:
+test method. You specify the services with the ``tempest.test.services``
+decorator. For example:
 
 @services('compute', 'image')
 
 Valid service tag names are the same as the list of directories in tempest.api
 that have tests.
 
-For scenario tests having a service tag is required. For the api tests service
-tags are only needed if the test method makes an api call (either directly or
+For scenario tests having a service tag is required. For the API tests service
+tags are only needed if the test method makes an API call (either directly or
 indirectly through another service) that differs from the parent directory
-name. For example, any test that make an api call to a service other than nova
-in tempest.api.compute would require a service tag for those services, however
-they do not need to be tagged as compute.
+name. For example, any test that make an API call to a service other than Nova
+in ``tempest.api.compute`` would require a service tag for those services,
+however they do not need to be tagged as ``compute``.
 
 Test fixtures and resources
 ---------------------------
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 Test skips because of Known Bugs
 --------------------------------
 If a test is broken because of a bug it is appropriate to skip the test until
-bug has been fixed. You should use the skip_because decorator so that
+bug has been fixed. You should use the ``skip_because`` decorator so that
 Tempest's skip tracking tool can watch the bug status.
 
 Example::
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
   require admin privileges are outside of projects.
 
 - Races between methods in the same class are not a problem because
-  parallelization in tempest is at the test class level, but if there is a json
+  parallelization in Tempest is at the test class level, but if there is a json
   and xml version of the same test class there could still be a race between
   methods.
 
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@
   avoided to prevent resource conflicts.
 
 - If the execution of a set of tests is required to be serialized then locking
-  can be used to perform this. See AggregatesAdminTest in
-  tempest.api.compute.admin for an example of using locking.
+  can be used to perform this. See usage of ``LockFixture`` for examples of
+  using locking.
 
 Sample Configuration File
 -------------------------
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
 Unit Tests
 ----------
-Unit tests are a separate class of tests in tempest. They verify tempest
+Unit tests are a separate class of tests in Tempest. They verify Tempest
 itself, and thus have a different set of guidelines around them:
 
 1. They can not require anything running externally. All you should need to
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@
 
 Tempest.lib includes a ``check-uuid`` tool that will test for the existence
 and uniqueness of idempotent_id metadata for every test. If you have
-tempest installed you run the tool against Tempest by calling from the
-tempest repo::
+Tempest installed you run the tool against Tempest by calling from the
+Tempest repo::
 
     check-uuid
 
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
 
     check-uuid --fix
 
-The ``check-uuid`` tool is used as part of the tempest gate job
+The ``check-uuid`` tool is used as part of the Tempest gate job
 to ensure that all tests have an ``idempotent_id`` decorator.
 
 Branchless Tempest Considerations
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 proposed commits to Tempest must work against both the master and all the
 currently supported stable branches of the projects. As such there are a few
 special considerations that have to be accounted for when pushing new changes
-to tempest.
+to Tempest.
 
 1. New Tests for new features
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -370,14 +370,22 @@
 When trying to land a bug fix which changes a tested API you'll have to use the
 following procedure::
 
-    - Propose change to the project, get a +2 on the change even with failing
-    - Propose skip on Tempest which will only be approved after the
+    1. Propose change to the project, get a +2 on the change even with failing
+    2. Propose skip on Tempest which will only be approved after the
       corresponding change in the project has a +2 on change
-    - Land project change in master and all open stable branches (if required)
-    - Land changed test in Tempest
+    3. Land project change in master and all open stable branches (if required)
+    4. Land changed test in Tempest
 
 Otherwise the bug fix won't be able to land in the project.
 
+Handily, `Zuul’s cross-repository dependencies
+<https://docs.openstack.org/infra/zuul/gating.html#cross-repository-dependencies>`_.
+can be leveraged to do without step 2 and to have steps 3 and 4 happen
+"atomically". To do that, make the patch written in step 1 to depend (refer to
+Zuul's documentation above) on the patch written in step 4. The commit message
+for the Tempest change should have a link to the Gerrit review that justifies
+that change.
+
 3. New Tests for existing features
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a7eab2f..2e13fec 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 Tempest Design Principles that we strive to live by.
 
 - Tempest should be able to run against any OpenStack cloud, be it a
-  one node devstack install, a 20 node lxc cloud, or a 1000 node kvm
+  one node DevStack install, a 20 node LXC cloud, or a 1000 node KVM
   cloud.
 - Tempest should be explicit in testing features. It is easy to auto
   discover features of a cloud incorrectly, and give people an
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@
     $ pip install tempest/
 
    This can be done within a venv, but the assumption for this guide is that
-   the Tempest cli entry point will be in your shell's PATH.
+   the Tempest CLI entry point will be in your shell's PATH.
 
-#. Installing Tempest may create a /etc/tempest dir, however if one isn't
-   created you can create one or use ~/.tempest/etc or ~/.config/tempest in
-   place of /etc/tempest. If none of these dirs are created tempest will create
-   ~/.tempest/etc when it's needed. The contents of this dir will always
-   automatically be copied to all etc/ dirs in local workspaces as an initial
+#. Installing Tempest may create a ``/etc/tempest dir``, however if one isn't
+   created you can create one or use ``~/.tempest/etc`` or ``~/.config/tempest`` in
+   place of ``/etc/tempest``. If none of these dirs are created Tempest will create
+   ``~/.tempest/etc`` when it's needed. The contents of this dir will always
+   automatically be copied to all ``etc/`` dirs in local workspaces as an initial
    setup step. So if there is any common configuration you'd like to be shared
    between local Tempest workspaces it's recommended that you pre-populate it
    before running ``tempest init``.
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@
    is that you'll create a new working directory for each to maintain separate
    configuration files and local artifact storage for each.
 
-#. Then cd into the newly created working dir and also modify the local
-   config files located in the etc/ subdir created by the ``tempest init``
-   command. Tempest is expecting a tempest.conf file in etc/ so if only a
+#. Then ``cd`` into the newly created working dir and also modify the local
+   config files located in the ``etc/`` subdir created by the ``tempest init``
+   command. Tempest is expecting a ``tempest.conf`` file in etc/ so if only a
    sample exists you must rename or copy it to tempest.conf before making
    any changes to it otherwise Tempest will not know how to load it. For
-   details on configuring tempest refer to the :ref:`tempest-configuration`.
+   details on configuring Tempest refer to the :ref:`tempest-configuration`.
 
 #. Once the configuration is done you're now ready to run Tempest. This can
    be done using the :ref:`tempest_run` command. This can be done by either
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@
 Tempest exposes a library interface. This interface is a stable interface and
 should be backwards compatible (including backwards compatibility with the
 old tempest-lib package, with the exception of the import). If you plan to
-directly consume tempest in your project you should only import code from the
-tempest library interface, other pieces of tempest do not have the same
+directly consume Tempest in your project you should only import code from the
+Tempest library interface, other pieces of Tempest do not have the same
 stable interface and there are no guarantees on the Python API unless otherwise
 stated.
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 shows what changes have been released on each version.
 
 Tempest's released versions are broken into 2 sets of information. Depending on
-how you intend to consume tempest you might need
+how you intend to consume Tempest you might need
 
 The version is a set of 3 numbers:
 
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@
 While this is almost `semver`_ like, the way versioning is handled is slightly
 different:
 
-X is used to represent the supported OpenStack releases for tempest tests
-in-tree, and to signify major feature changes to tempest. It's a monotonically
+X is used to represent the supported OpenStack releases for Tempest tests
+in-tree, and to signify major feature changes to Tempest. It's a monotonically
 increasing integer where each version either indicates a new supported OpenStack
 release, the drop of support for an OpenStack release (which will coincide with
 the upstream stable branch going EOL), or a major feature lands (or is removed)
-from tempest.
+from Tempest.
 
 Y.Z is used to represent library interface changes. This is treated the same
 way as minor and patch versions from `semver`_ but only for the library
@@ -166,16 +166,16 @@
 
 Detailed configuration of Tempest is beyond the scope of this
 document see :ref:`tempest-configuration` for more details on configuring
-Tempest. The etc/tempest.conf.sample attempts to be a self-documenting version
-of the configuration.
+Tempest. The ``etc/tempest.conf.sample`` attempts to be a self-documenting
+version of the configuration.
 
 You can generate a new sample tempest.conf file, run the following
 command from the top level of the Tempest directory::
 
     $ tox -e genconfig
 
-The most important pieces that are needed are the user ids, openstack
-endpoint, and basic flavors and images needed to run tests.
+The most important pieces that are needed are the user ids, OpenStack
+endpoints, and basic flavors and images needed to run tests.
 
 Unit Tests
 ----------
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@
 is OS_TEST_PATH=./tempest/test_discover which will only run test discover on the
 Tempest suite.
 
-Alternatively, there are the py27 and py34 tox jobs which will run the unit
+Alternatively, there are the py27 and py35 tox jobs which will run the unit
 tests with the corresponding version of python.
 
 Python 2.6
 ----------
 
-Starting in the kilo release the OpenStack services dropped all support for
+Starting in the Kilo release the OpenStack services dropped all support for
 python 2.6. This change has been mirrored in Tempest, starting after the
 tempest-2 tag. This means that proposed changes to Tempest which only fix
 python 2.6 compatibility will be rejected, and moving forward more features not
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@
 Python 3.x
 ----------
 
-Starting during the Pike cycle Tempest has a gating CI job that runs tempest
-with Python 3. Any tempest release after 15.0.0 should fully support running
+Starting during the Pike cycle Tempest has a gating CI job that runs Tempest
+with Python 3. Any Tempest release after 15.0.0 should fully support running
 under Python 3 as well as Python 2.7.
 
 Legacy run method
@@ -239,10 +239,10 @@
 
 .. note::
 
-    If you have a running devstack environment, Tempest will be
+    If you have a running DevStack environment, Tempest will be
     automatically configured and placed in ``/opt/stack/tempest``. It
     will have a configuration file already set up to work with your
-    devstack installation.
+    DevStack installation.
 
 Tempest is not tied to any single test runner, but `testr`_ is the most commonly
 used tool. Also, the nosetests test runner is **not** recommended to run Tempest.
diff --git a/REVIEWING.rst b/REVIEWING.rst
index 5807d50..7d28320 100644
--- a/REVIEWING.rst
+++ b/REVIEWING.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@
 to a Gerrit review.
 
 
+Execution time
+--------------
+While checking in the job logs that a new test is actually executed, also
+pay attention to the execution time of that test. Keep in mind that each test
+is going to be executed hundreds of time each day, because Tempest tests
+run in many OpenStack projects. It's worth considering how important/critical
+the feature under test is with how costly the new test is.
+
+
 Unit Tests
 ----------
 
@@ -48,6 +57,17 @@
 abstract the duplicated code into a function or method.
 
 
+Tests overlap
+-------------
+When a new test is being proposed, question whether this feature is not already
+tested with Tempest. Tempest has more than 1200 tests, spread amongst many
+directories, so it's easy to introduce test duplication. For example, testing
+volume attachment to a server could be a compute test or a volume test, depending
+on how you see it. So one must look carefully in the entire code base for possible
+overlap. As a rule of thumb, the older a feature is, the more likely it's
+already tested.
+
+
 Being explicit
 --------------
 When tests are being added that depend on a configurable feature or extension,
@@ -60,8 +80,8 @@
 
 Configuration Options
 ---------------------
-With the introduction of the tempest external test plugin interface we needed
-to provide a stable contract for tempest's configuration options. This means
+With the introduction of the Tempest external test plugin interface we needed
+to provide a stable contract for Tempest's configuration options. This means
 we can no longer simply remove a configuration option when it's no longer used.
 Patches proposed that remove options without a deprecation cycle should not
 be approved. Similarly when changing default values with configuration we need
diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index 4accd94..8f2865a 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 - Run tests for admin APIs
 - Generate test credentials on the fly (see `Dynamic Credentials`_)
 
-When keystone uses a policy that requires domain scoped tokens for admin
+When Keystone uses a policy that requires domain scoped tokens for admin
 actions, the flag ``admin_domain_scope`` must be set to ``True``.
 The admin user configured, if any, must have a role assigned to the domain to
 be usable.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 number of users available to run tests with.
 You can specify the location of the file in the ``auth`` section in the
 tempest.conf file. To see the specific format used in the file please refer to
-the accounts.yaml.sample file included in Tempest.
+the ``accounts.yaml.sample`` file included in Tempest.
 
 Keystone Connection Info
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -47,18 +47,17 @@
 to provide it with information about how it communicates with keystone.
 This involves configuring the following options in the ``identity`` section:
 
- #. ``auth_version``
- #. ``uri``
- #. ``uri_v3``
+ - ``auth_version``
+ - ``uri``
+ - ``uri_v3``
 
 The ``auth_version`` option is used to tell Tempest whether it should be using
-keystone's v2 or v3 api for communicating with keystone. The two uri options are
+Keystone's v2 or v3 api for communicating with Keystone. The two uri options are
 used to tell Tempest the url of the keystone endpoint. The ``uri`` option is
-used for keystone v2 request and ``uri_v3`` is used for keystone v3. You want to
+used for Keystone v2 request and ``uri_v3`` is used for Keystone v3. You want to
 ensure that which ever version you set for ``auth_version`` has its uri option
 defined.
 
-
 Credential Provider Mechanisms
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@
 When the ``admin_domain_scope`` option is set to ``True``, provisioned admin
 accounts will be assigned a role on domain configured in
 ``default_credentials_domain_name``. This will make the accounts provisioned
-usable in a cloud where domain scoped tokens are required by keystone for
+usable in a cloud where domain scoped tokens are required by Keystone for
 admin operations. Note that the initial pre-provision admin accounts,
 configured in tempest.conf, must have a role on the same domain as well, for
 Dynamic Credentials to work.
@@ -140,10 +139,10 @@
 tenants it's using are empty and may sporadically fail if there are unexpected
 resources present.
 
-When the keystone in the target cloud requires domain scoped tokens to
+When the Keystone in the target cloud requires domain scoped tokens to
 perform admin actions, all pre-provisioned admin users must have a role
 assigned on the domain where test accounts a provisioned.
-The option ``admin_domain_scope`` is used to tell tempest that domain scoped
+The option ``admin_domain_scope`` is used to tell Tempest that domain scoped
 tokens shall be used. ``default_credentials_domain_name`` is the domain where
 test accounts are expected to be provisioned if no domain is specified.
 
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@
  #. ``flavor_ref_alt``
 
 Both of these options are in the ``compute`` section of the config file and take
-in the flavor id (not the name) from nova. The ``flavor_ref`` option is what
+in the flavor id (not the name) from Nova. The ``flavor_ref`` option is what
 will be used for booting almost all of the guests; ``flavor_ref_alt`` is only
 used in tests where two different-sized servers are required (for example, a
 resize test).
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@
  #. ``image_ref``
  #. ``image_ref_alt``
 
-Both options are expecting an image id (not name) from nova. The ``image_ref``
+Both options are expecting an image id (not name) from Nova. The ``image_ref``
 option is what will be used for booting the majority of servers in Tempest.
 ``image_ref_alt`` is used for tests that require two images such as rebuild. If
 two images are not available you can set both options to the same image id and
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@
 Networking
 ----------
 OpenStack has a myriad of different networking configurations possible and
-depending on which of the two network backends, nova-network or neutron, you are
+depending on which of the two network backends, nova-network or Neutron, you are
 using things can vary drastically. Due to this complexity Tempest has to provide
 a certain level of flexibility in its configuration to ensure it will work
 against any cloud. This ends up causing a large number of permutations in
@@ -302,21 +301,21 @@
 server with multiple networks. If this is not the case for your cloud then using
 an accounts file is recommended because it provides the necessary flexibility to
 describe your configuration. Dynamic credentials is not able to dynamically
-allocate things as necessary if neutron is not enabled.
+allocate things as necessary if Neutron is not enabled.
 
-With neutron and dynamic credentials enabled there should not be any additional
+With Neutron and dynamic credentials enabled there should not be any additional
 configuration necessary to enable Tempest to create servers with working
 networking, assuming you have properly configured the ``network`` section to
-work for your cloud. Tempest will dynamically create the neutron resources
+work for your cloud. Tempest will dynamically create the Neutron resources
 necessary to enable using servers with that network. Also, just as with the
-accounts file, if you specify a fixed network name while using neutron and
+accounts file, if you specify a fixed network name while using Neutron and
 dynamic credentials it will enable running tests which require a static network
 and it will additionally be used as a fallback for server creation. However,
 unlike accounts.yaml this should never be triggered.
 
 However, there is an option ``create_isolated_networks`` to disable dynamic
 credentials's automatic provisioning of network resources. If this option is set
-to False you will have to either rely on there only being a single/default
+to ``False`` you will have to either rely on there only being a single/default
 network available for the server creation, or use ``fixed_network_name`` to
 inform Tempest which network to use.
 
@@ -336,16 +335,16 @@
 
 The ``run_validation`` is used to enable or disable ssh connectivity for
 all tests (with the exception of scenario tests which do not have a flag for
-enabling or disabling ssh) To enable ssh connectivity this needs be set to ``true``.
+enabling or disabling ssh) To enable ssh connectivity this needs be set to ``True``.
 
-The ``connect_method`` option is used to tell tempest what kind of IP to use for
+The ``connect_method`` option is used to tell Tempest what kind of IP to use for
 establishing a connection to the server. Two methods are available: ``fixed``
 and ``floating``, the later being set by default. If this is set to floating
-tempest will create a floating ip for the server before attempted to connect
+Tempest will create a floating ip for the server before attempted to connect
 to it. The IP for the floating ip is what is used for the connection.
 
 For the ``auth_method`` option there is currently, only one valid option,
-``keypair``. With this set to ``keypair`` tempest will create an ssh keypair
+``keypair``. With this set to ``keypair`` Tempest will create an ssh keypair
 and use that for authenticating against the created server.
 
 Configuring Available Services
@@ -359,8 +358,8 @@
 
 The ``service_available`` section of the config file is used to set which
 services are available. It contains a boolean option for each service (except
-for keystone which is a hard requirement) set it to True if the service is
-available or False if it is not.
+for Keystone which is a hard requirement) set it to ``True`` if the service is
+available or ``False`` if it is not.
 
 Service Catalog
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -382,17 +381,18 @@
 service you can set the ``region`` option in that service's section.
 
 It should also be noted that the default values for these options are set
-to what devstack uses (which is a de facto standard for service catalog
+to what DevStack uses (which is a de facto standard for service catalog
 entries). So often nothing actually needs to be set on these options to enable
 communication to a particular service. It is only if you are either not using
-the same ``catalog_type`` as devstack or you want Tempest to talk to a different
-endpoint type instead of publicURL for a service that these need to be changed.
+the same ``catalog_type`` as DevStack or you want Tempest to talk to a different
+endpoint type instead of ``publicURL`` for a service that these need to be
+changed.
 
 .. note::
 
     Tempest does not serve all kinds of fancy URLs in the service catalog.  The
     service catalog should be in a standard format (which is going to be
-    standardized at the keystone level).
+    standardized at the Keystone level).
     Tempest expects URLs in the Service catalog in the following format:
 
     * ``http://example.com:1234/<version-info>``
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
 configured as to which optional features are enabled. This is in order to
 prevent bugs in the discovery mechanisms from masking failures.
 
-The service feature-enabled config sections are how Tempest addresses the
+The service ``feature-enabled`` config sections are how Tempest addresses the
 optional feature question. Each service that has tests for optional features
 contains one of these sections. The only options in it are boolean options
 with the name of a feature which is used. If it is set to false any test which
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
 API Extensions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 The service feature-enabled sections often contain an ``api-extensions`` option
-(or in the case of swift a ``discoverable_apis`` option). This is used to tell
+(or in the case of Swift a ``discoverable_apis`` option). This is used to tell
 Tempest which api extensions (or configurable middleware) is used in your
 deployment. It has two valid config states: either it contains a single value
 ``all`` (which is the default) which means that every api extension is assumed
diff --git a/doc/source/write_tests.rst b/doc/source/write_tests.rst
index 4e3bfa2..aec55e9 100644
--- a/doc/source/write_tests.rst
+++ b/doc/source/write_tests.rst
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 This guide serves as a starting point for developers working on writing new
 Tempest tests. At a high level tests in Tempest are just tests that conform to
 the standard python `unit test`_ framework. But there are several aspects of
-that are unique to tempest and it's role as an integration test suite running
+that are unique to Tempest and its role as an integration test suite running
 against a real cloud.
 
 .. _unit test: https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/unittest.html
 
-.. note:: This guide is for writing tests in the tempest repository. While many
-          parts of this guide are also applicable to tempest plugins, not all
+.. note:: This guide is for writing tests in the Tempest repository. While many
+          parts of this guide are also applicable to Tempest plugins, not all
           the APIs mentioned are considered stable or recommended for use in
           plugins. Please refer to :ref:`tempest_plugin` for details about
           writing plugins
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 The base unit of testing in Tempest is the `TestCase`_ (also called the test
 class). Each TestCase contains test methods which are the individual tests that
 will be executed by the test runner. But, the TestCase is the smallest self
-contained unit for tests from the tempest perspective. It's also the level at
-which tempest is parallel safe. In other words, multiple TestCases can be
+contained unit for tests from the Tempest perspective. It's also the level at
+which Tempest is parallel safe. In other words, multiple TestCases can be
 executed in parallel, but individual test methods in the same TestCase can not.
 Also, all test methods within a TestCase are assumed to be executed serially. As
 such you can use the test case to store variables that are shared between
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 You can also specify credentials with specific roles assigned. This is useful
 for cases where there are specific RBAC requirements hard coded into an API.
 The canonical example of this are swift tests which often want to test swift's
-concepts of operator and reseller_admin. An actual example from tempest on how
+concepts of operator and reseller_admin. An actual example from Tempest on how
 to do this is::
 
     class PublicObjectTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 | [$label, $role]   | cls.os_roles_$label |
 +-------------------+---------------------+
 
-By default cls.os_primary is available since it is allocated in the base tempest test
+By default cls.os_primary is available since it is allocated in the base Tempest test
 class (located in tempest/test.py). If your TestCase inherits from a different
 direct parent class (it'll still inherit from the BaseTestCase, just not
 directly) be sure to check if that class overrides allocated credentials.
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@
 Dealing with Network Allocation
 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
-When neutron is enabled and a testing requires networking this isn't normally
-automatically setup when a tenant is created. Since tempest needs isolated
+When Neutron is enabled and a testing requires networking this isn't normally
+automatically setup when a tenant is created. Since Tempest needs isolated
 tenants to function properly it also needs to handle network allocation. By
 default the base test class will allocate a network, subnet, and router
 automatically (this depends on the configured credential provider, for more
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b7ebf8a..a74f5c2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-cliff>=2.6.0 # Apache-2.0
+cliff>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 jsonschema!=2.5.0,<3.0.0,>=2.0.0 # MIT
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 paramiko>=2.0 # LGPLv2.1+
diff --git a/tempest/README.rst b/tempest/README.rst
index 0feec41..663653e 100644
--- a/tempest/README.rst
+++ b/tempest/README.rst
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
 OpenStack clouds.
 
 As such Tempest tests come in many flavors, each with their own rules
-and guidelines. Below is the proposed Havana restructuring for Tempest
+and guidelines. Below is the overview of the Tempest respository structure
 to make this clear.
 
 | tempest/
 |    api/ - API tests
 |    scenario/ - complex scenario tests
+|    tests/ - unit tests for Tempest internals
 
 Each of these directories contains different types of tests. What
 belongs in each directory, the rules and examples for good tests, are
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@
 ----------------------
 
 API tests are validation tests for the OpenStack API. They should not
-use the existing python clients for OpenStack, but should instead use
-the tempest implementations of clients. Having raw clients let us
+use the existing Python clients for OpenStack, but should instead use
+the Tempest implementations of clients. Having raw clients let us
 pass invalid JSON to the APIs and see the results, something we could
 not get with the native clients.
 
@@ -41,14 +42,14 @@
 functionality. They are typically a series of steps where complicated
 state requiring multiple services is set up exercised, and torn down.
 
-Scenario tests should not use the existing python clients for OpenStack,
-but should instead use the tempest implementations of clients.
+Scenario tests should not use the existing Python clients for OpenStack,
+but should instead use the Tempest implementations of clients.
 
 
 :ref:`unit_tests_field_guide`
 -----------------------------
 
 Unit tests are the self checks for Tempest. They provide functional
-verification and regression checking for the internal components of tempest.
-They should be used to just verify that the individual pieces of tempest are
+verification and regression checking for the internal components of Tempest.
+They should be used to just verify that the individual pieces of Tempest are
 working as expected.
diff --git a/tempest/api/README.rst b/tempest/api/README.rst
index 91e6ad6..a796922 100644
--- a/tempest/api/README.rst
+++ b/tempest/api/README.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 
 It's also important to test not only the expected positive path on
 APIs, but also to provide them with invalid data to ensure they fail
-in expected and documented ways. Over the course of the OpenStack
+in expected and documented ways. The latter type of tests is called
+``negative tests`` in Tempest source code. Over the course of the OpenStack
 project Tempest has discovered many fundamental bugs by doing just
 this.
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 spinning up a server, image, etc, then operating on it.
 
 
-Why are these tests in tempest?
+Why are these tests in Tempest?
 -------------------------------
 
 This is one of the core missions for the Tempest project, and where it
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
index 09479c6..aa5c43d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 class ServersTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
     disk_config = 'AUTO'
+    volume_backed = False
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_credentials(cls):
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@
             accessIPv4=cls.accessIPv4,
             accessIPv6=cls.accessIPv6,
             disk_config=disk_config,
-            adminPass=cls.password)
+            adminPass=cls.password,
+            volume_backed=cls.volume_backed)
         cls.server = (cls.client.show_server(server_initial['id'])
                       ['server'])
 
@@ -71,7 +73,11 @@
         self.assertEqual(self.server['accessIPv6'],
                          str(netaddr.IPAddress(self.accessIPv6)))
         self.assertEqual(self.name, self.server['name'])
-        self.assertEqual(self.image_ref, self.server['image']['id'])
+        if self.volume_backed:
+            # Image is an empty string as per documentation
+            self.assertEqual("", self.server['image'])
+        else:
+            self.assertEqual(self.image_ref, self.server['image']['id'])
         self.assertEqual(self.flavor_ref, self.server['flavor']['id'])
         self.assertEqual(self.meta, self.server['metadata'])
 
@@ -152,3 +158,15 @@
         if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.disk_config:
             msg = "DiskConfig extension not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
+
+
+class ServersTestBootFromVolume(ServersTestJSON):
+    """Run the `ServersTestJSON` tests with a volume backed VM"""
+    volume_backed = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ServersTestBootFromVolume, cls).skip_checks()
+        if not test.get_service_list()['volume']:
+            msg = "Volume service not enabled."
+            raise cls.skipException(msg)
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py
index 13614cb..11273e4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         cls.policies = None
 
         if CONF.object_storage_feature_enabled.discoverability:
-            _, body = cls.capabilities_client.list_capabilities()
+            body = cls.capabilities_client.list_capabilities()
 
             if 'swift' in body and 'policies' in body['swift']:
                 cls.policies = body['swift']['policies']
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_bulk.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_bulk.py
index e765414..7c538e8 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_bulk.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_bulk.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
         # upload an archived file
         with open(filepath) as fh:
             mydata = fh.read()
-            resp, body = self.bulk_client.upload_archive(
+            resp = self.bulk_client.upload_archive(
                 upload_path='', data=mydata, archive_file_format='tar')
-        return resp, body
+        return resp
 
     def _check_contents_deleted(self, container_name):
         param = {'format': 'txt'}
@@ -73,21 +73,20 @@
     def test_extract_archive(self):
         # Test bulk operation of file upload with an archived file
         filepath, container_name, object_name = self._create_archive()
-        resp, _ = self._upload_archive(filepath)
-
+        resp = self._upload_archive(filepath)
         self.containers.append(container_name)
 
         # When uploading an archived file with the bulk operation, the response
         # does not contain 'content-length' header. This is the special case,
         # therefore the existence of response headers is checked without
         # custom matcher.
-        self.assertIn('transfer-encoding', resp)
-        self.assertIn('content-type', resp)
-        self.assertIn('x-trans-id', resp)
-        self.assertIn('date', resp)
+        self.assertIn('transfer-encoding', resp.response)
+        self.assertIn('content-type', resp.response)
+        self.assertIn('x-trans-id', resp.response)
+        self.assertIn('date', resp.response)
 
         # Check only the format of common headers with custom matcher
-        self.assertThat(resp, custom_matchers.AreAllWellFormatted())
+        self.assertThat(resp.response, custom_matchers.AreAllWellFormatted())
 
         param = {'format': 'json'}
         resp, body = self.account_client.list_account_containers(param)
@@ -112,19 +111,19 @@
         self._upload_archive(filepath)
 
         data = '%s/%s\n%s' % (container_name, object_name, container_name)
-        resp, _ = self.bulk_client.delete_bulk_data(data=data)
+        resp = self.bulk_client.delete_bulk_data(data=data)
 
         # When deleting multiple files using the bulk operation, the response
         # does not contain 'content-length' header. This is the special case,
         # therefore the existence of response headers is checked without
         # custom matcher.
-        self.assertIn('transfer-encoding', resp)
-        self.assertIn('content-type', resp)
-        self.assertIn('x-trans-id', resp)
-        self.assertIn('date', resp)
+        self.assertIn('transfer-encoding', resp.response)
+        self.assertIn('content-type', resp.response)
+        self.assertIn('x-trans-id', resp.response)
+        self.assertIn('date', resp.response)
 
         # Check only the format of common headers with custom matcher
-        self.assertThat(resp, custom_matchers.AreAllWellFormatted())
+        self.assertThat(resp.response, custom_matchers.AreAllWellFormatted())
 
         # Check if uploaded contents are completely deleted
         self._check_contents_deleted(container_name)
@@ -138,19 +137,19 @@
 
         data = '%s/%s\n%s' % (container_name, object_name, container_name)
 
-        resp, _ = self.bulk_client.delete_bulk_data_with_post(data=data)
+        resp = self.bulk_client.delete_bulk_data_with_post(data=data)
 
         # When deleting multiple files using the bulk operation, the response
         # does not contain 'content-length' header. This is the special case,
         # therefore the existence of response headers is checked without
         # custom matcher.
-        self.assertIn('transfer-encoding', resp)
-        self.assertIn('content-type', resp)
-        self.assertIn('x-trans-id', resp)
-        self.assertIn('date', resp)
+        self.assertIn('transfer-encoding', resp.response)
+        self.assertIn('content-type', resp.response)
+        self.assertIn('x-trans-id', resp.response)
+        self.assertIn('date', resp.response)
 
         # Check only the format of common headers with custom matcher
-        self.assertThat(resp, custom_matchers.AreAllWellFormatted())
+        self.assertThat(resp.response, custom_matchers.AreAllWellFormatted())
 
         # Check if uploaded contents are completely deleted
         self._check_contents_deleted(container_name)
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
index 9e62046..2fb676f 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         not CONF.object_storage_feature_enabled.discoverability,
         'Discoverability function is disabled')
     def test_list_extensions(self):
-        resp, _ = self.capabilities_client.list_capabilities()
+        resp = self.capabilities_client.list_capabilities()
 
         self.assertThat(resp, custom_matchers.AreAllWellFormatted())
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services_negative.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services_negative.py
index a8d70c5..387b7b6 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services_negative.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
         if CONF.object_storage_feature_enabled.discoverability:
             # use /info to get default constraints
-            _, body = cls.capabilities_client.list_capabilities()
+            body = cls.capabilities_client.list_capabilities()
             cls.constraints = body['swift']
 
     @decorators.attr(type=["negative"])
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py b/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
index 2f4d120..8e71ecc 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
     if service != 'swift':
         resp = extensions_client.list_extensions()
     else:
-        __, resp = extensions_client.list_capabilities()
+        resp = extensions_client.list_capabilities()
     # For Nova, Cinder and Neutron we use the alias name rather than the
     # 'name' field because the alias is considered to be the canonical
     # name.
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/README.rst b/tempest/scenario/README.rst
index 38e0de9..c1dcccc 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/README.rst
+++ b/tempest/scenario/README.rst
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
     4. create a snapshot of the vm
 
 
-Why are these tests in tempest?
+Why are these tests in Tempest?
 -------------------------------
-This is one of tempests core purposes, testing the integration between
+This is one of Tempest's core purposes, testing the integration between
 projects.
 
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 specific in your interactions. A giant "this is my data center" smoke
 test is hard to debug when it goes wrong.
 
-A flow of interactions between glance and nova, like in the
+A flow of interactions between Glance and Nova, like in the
 introduction, is a good example. Especially if it involves a repeated
 interaction when a resource is setup, modified, detached, and then
 reused later again.
diff --git a/tempest/services/object_storage/bulk_middleware_client.py b/tempest/services/object_storage/bulk_middleware_client.py
index 83d2d80..c11a105 100644
--- a/tempest/services/object_storage/bulk_middleware_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/object_storage/bulk_middleware_client.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             headers = {}
         resp, body = self.put(url, data, headers)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return resp, body
+        return rest_client.ResponseBodyData(resp, body)
 
     def delete_bulk_data(self, data=None, headers=None):
         """Delete multiple objects or containers from their account.
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 
         if headers is None:
             headers = {}
-        resp, body = self.delete(url, headers=headers, body=data)
+        resp, body = self.delete(url, headers, data)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return resp, body
+        return rest_client.ResponseBodyData(resp, body)
 
     def delete_bulk_data_with_post(self, data=None, headers=None):
         """Delete multiple objects or containers with POST request.
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@
 
         if headers is None:
             headers = {}
-        resp, body = self.post(url, headers=headers, body=data)
+        resp, body = self.post(url, data, headers)
         self.expected_success([200, 204], resp.status)
-        return resp, body
+        return rest_client.ResponseBodyData(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest/services/object_storage/capabilities_client.py b/tempest/services/object_storage/capabilities_client.py
index 0fe437f..d31bbc2 100644
--- a/tempest/services/object_storage/capabilities_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/object_storage/capabilities_client.py
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
             self.reset_path()
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return resp, body
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/README.rst b/tempest/tests/README.rst
index e54d4c0..0587e7b 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/README.rst
+++ b/tempest/tests/README.rst
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
 ---------------------
 
 Unit tests are the self checks for Tempest. They provide functional
-verification and regression checking for the internal components of tempest.
-They should be used to just verify that the individual pieces of tempest are
+verification and regression checking for the internal components of Tempest.
+They should be used to just verify that the individual pieces of Tempest are
 working as expected. They should not require an external service to be running
-and should be able to run solely from the tempest tree.
+and should be able to run solely from the Tempest tree.
 
-Why are these tests in tempest?
+Why are these tests in Tempest?
 -------------------------------
 These tests exist to make sure that the mechanisms that we use inside of
-tempest to are valid and remain functional. They are only here for self
-validation of tempest.
+Tempest are valid and remain functional. They are only here for self
+validation of Tempest.
 
 
 Scope of these tests
diff --git a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
index b0e74fb..1415111 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
@@ -392,10 +392,10 @@
 
     def test_verify_extensions_swift(self):
         def fake_list_extensions():
-            return (None, {'fake1': 'metadata',
-                           'fake2': 'metadata',
-                           'not_fake': 'metadata',
-                           'swift': 'metadata'})
+            return {'fake1': 'metadata',
+                    'fake2': 'metadata',
+                    'not_fake': 'metadata',
+                    'swift': 'metadata'}
         fake_os = mock.MagicMock()
         fake_os.capabilities_client.list_capabilities = fake_list_extensions
         self.useFixture(fixtures.MockPatchObject(
@@ -414,10 +414,10 @@
 
     def test_verify_extensions_swift_all(self):
         def fake_list_extensions():
-            return (None, {'fake1': 'metadata',
-                           'fake2': 'metadata',
-                           'not_fake': 'metadata',
-                           'swift': 'metadata'})
+            return {'fake1': 'metadata',
+                    'fake2': 'metadata',
+                    'not_fake': 'metadata',
+                    'swift': 'metadata'}
         fake_os = mock.MagicMock()
         fake_os.capabilities_client.list_capabilities = fake_list_extensions
         self.useFixture(fixtures.MockPatchObject(
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/services/base.py b/tempest/tests/lib/services/base.py
index 778c966..924f9f2 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/lib/services/base.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/services/base.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     def check_service_client_function(self, function, function2mock,
                                       body, to_utf=False, status=200,
                                       headers=None, mock_args=None,
+                                      resp_as_string=False,
                                       **kwargs):
         """Mock a service client function for unit testing.
 
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@
                  ``assert_called_once_with(foo='bar')`` is called.
                * If mock_args='foo' then ``assert_called_once_with('foo')``
                  is called.
+        :param resp_as_string: Whether response body is retruned as string.
+               This is for service client methods which return ResponseBodyData
+               object.
         :param kwargs: kwargs that are passed to function.
         """
         mocked_response = self.create_response(body, to_utf, status, headers)
@@ -62,8 +66,9 @@
             resp = function(**kwargs)
         else:
             resp = function()
+        if resp_as_string:
+            resp = resp.data
         self.assertEqual(body, resp)
-
         if isinstance(mock_args, list):
             fixture.mock.assert_called_once_with(*mock_args)
         elif isinstance(mock_args, dict):
diff --git a/tempest/tests/services/object_storage/test_bulk_middleware_client.py b/tempest/tests/services/object_storage/test_bulk_middleware_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163b48e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/services/object_storage/test_bulk_middleware_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Copyright 2017 NEC Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from tempest.services.object_storage import bulk_middleware_client
+from tempest.tests.lib import fake_auth_provider
+from tempest.tests.lib.services import base
+
+
+class TestBulkMiddlewareClient(base.BaseServiceTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestBulkMiddlewareClient, self).setUp()
+        fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
+        self.client = bulk_middleware_client.BulkMiddlewareClient(
+            fake_auth, 'object-storage', 'regionOne')
+
+    def test_upload_archive(self):
+        url = 'test_path?extract-archive=tar'
+        data = 'test_data'
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.upload_archive,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.put',
+            {},
+            mock_args=[url, data, {}],
+            resp_as_string=True,
+            upload_path='test_path', data=data, archive_file_format='tar')
+
+    def test_delete_bulk_data(self):
+        url = '?bulk-delete'
+        data = 'test_data'
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.delete_bulk_data,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.delete',
+            {},
+            mock_args=[url, {}, data],
+            resp_as_string=True,
+            data=data)
+
+    def _test_delete_bulk_data_with_post(self, status):
+        url = '?bulk-delete'
+        data = 'test_data'
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.delete_bulk_data_with_post,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.post',
+            {},
+            mock_args=[url, data, {}],
+            resp_as_string=True,
+            status=status,
+            data=data)
+
+    def test_delete_bulk_data_with_post_200(self):
+        self._test_delete_bulk_data_with_post(200)
+
+    def test_delete_bulk_data_with_post_204(self):
+        self._test_delete_bulk_data_with_post(204)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/services/object_storage/test_capabilities_client.py b/tempest/tests/services/object_storage/test_capabilities_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5279bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/services/object_storage/test_capabilities_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright 2016 IBM Corp.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+
+from tempest.services.object_storage import capabilities_client
+from tempest.tests.lib import fake_auth_provider
+from tempest.tests.lib.services import base
+
+
+class TestCapabilitiesClient(base.BaseServiceTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestCapabilitiesClient, self).setUp()
+        self.fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
+        self.url = self.fake_auth.base_url(None)
+        self.client = capabilities_client.CapabilitiesClient(
+            self.fake_auth, 'swift', 'region1')
+
+    def _test_list_capabilities(self, bytes_body=False):
+        resp = {
+            "swift": {
+                "version": "1.11.0"
+            },
+            "slo": {
+                "max_manifest_segments": 1000,
+                "max_manifest_size": 2097152,
+                "min_segment_size": 1
+            },
+            "staticweb": {},
+            "tempurl": {}
+        }
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.list_capabilities,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
+            resp,
+            bytes_body)
+
+    def test_list_capabilities_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_list_capabilities()
+
+    def test_list_capabilities_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_list_capabilities(True)