diff --git a/requests/defaults.py b/requests/defaults.py
index 8b3d6837..1d6716df 100644
--- a/requests/defaults.py
+++ b/requests/defaults.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Configurations:
 :decode_unicode: Decode unicode responses automatically?
 :keep_alive: Reuse HTTP Connections?
 :max_retries: The number of times a request should be retried in the event of a connection failure.
-:eager_mode: If true, Requests will raise errors immediately.
+:danger_mode: If true, Requests will raise errors immediately.
 :safe_mode: If true, Requests will catch all errors.
 :pool_maxsize: The maximium size of an HTTP connection pool.
 :pool_connections: The number of active HTTP connection pools to use.
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ defaults['decode_unicode'] = True
 defaults['pool_connections'] = 10
 defaults['pool_maxsize'] = 10
 defaults['max_retries'] = 0
-defaults['eager_mode'] = False
+defaults['danger_mode'] = False
 defaults['safe_mode'] = False
 defaults['keep_alive'] = True
diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index f59019c8..39ea7a11 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ class Request(object):
                 # Save the response.
                 self.response.content
             
-            if self.config.get('eager_mode'):
+            if self.config.get('danger_mode'):
                 self.response.raise_for_status()
 
             return self.sent
diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index c388deaf..f6547de0 100755
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class RequestsTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
     def test_default_status_raising(self):
-        config = {'eager_mode': True}
+        config = {'danger_mode': True}
         args = [httpbin('status', '404')]
         kwargs = dict(config=config)
         self.assertRaises(HTTPError, requests.get, *args, **kwargs)