diff --git a/django/conf/global_settings.py b/django/conf/global_settings.py
index aed3b3a21b..26b95117be 100644
--- a/django/conf/global_settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/global_settings.py
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@ DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE = ''
 # this middleware classes will be applied in the order given, and in the
 # response phase the middleware will be applied in reverse order.
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 #     'django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware',
 #     'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 )
 
 ############
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 7652249514..e631909995 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -760,10 +760,9 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
 
 Default::
 
-    ("django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
-     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
-     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
-     "django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware")
+    ('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',)
 
 A tuple of middleware classes to use. See :ref:`topics-http-middleware`.
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt b/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
index 54d4c42194..fe05909a4f 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ created by :djadmin:`django-admin.py startproject <startproject>`::
         'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
         'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
         'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-        'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
     )
 
 During the request phases (:meth:`process_request` and :meth:`process_view`