diff --git a/docs/api/v2/names.go b/docs/api/v2/names.go
index 19cb72a0..14b7ea60 100644
--- a/docs/api/v2/names.go
+++ b/docs/api/v2/names.go
@@ -6,19 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// TODO(stevvooe): Move these definitions back to an exported package. While
-// they are used with v2 definitions, their relevance expands beyond.
-// "distribution/names" is a candidate package.
+// TODO(stevvooe): Move these definitions to the future "reference" package.
+// While they are used with v2 definitions, their relevance expands beyond.
 
 const (
-	// RepositoryNameComponentMinLength is the minimum number of characters in a
-	// single repository name slash-delimited component
-	RepositoryNameComponentMinLength = 2
-
-	// RepositoryNameMinComponents is the minimum number of slash-delimited
-	// components that a repository name must have
-	RepositoryNameMinComponents = 1
-
 	// RepositoryNameTotalLengthMax is the maximum total number of characters in
 	// a repository name
 	RepositoryNameTotalLengthMax = 255
@@ -40,17 +31,13 @@ var RepositoryNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:` + RepositoryNameComponentReg
 // TagNameRegexp matches valid tag names. From docker/docker:graph/tags.go.
 var TagNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`[\w][\w.-]{0,127}`)
 
-// TODO(stevvooe): Contribute these exports back to core, so they are shared.
+// TagNameAnchoredRegexp matches valid tag names, anchored at the start and
+// end of the matched string.
+var TagNameAnchoredRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("^" + TagNameRegexp.String() + "$")
 
 var (
-	// ErrRepositoryNameComponentShort is returned when a repository name
-	// contains a component which is shorter than
-	// RepositoryNameComponentMinLength
-	ErrRepositoryNameComponentShort = fmt.Errorf("repository name component must be %v or more characters", RepositoryNameComponentMinLength)
-
-	// ErrRepositoryNameMissingComponents is returned when a repository name
-	// contains fewer than RepositoryNameMinComponents components
-	ErrRepositoryNameMissingComponents = fmt.Errorf("repository name must have at least %v components", RepositoryNameMinComponents)
+	// ErrRepositoryNameEmpty is returned for empty, invalid repository names.
+	ErrRepositoryNameEmpty = fmt.Errorf("repository name must have at least one component")
 
 	// ErrRepositoryNameLong is returned when a repository name is longer than
 	// RepositoryNameTotalLengthMax
@@ -76,21 +63,17 @@ var (
 // The result of the production, known as the "namespace", should be limited
 // to 255 characters.
 func ValidateRepositoryName(name string) error {
+	if name == "" {
+		return ErrRepositoryNameEmpty
+	}
+
 	if len(name) > RepositoryNameTotalLengthMax {
 		return ErrRepositoryNameLong
 	}
 
 	components := strings.Split(name, "/")
 
-	if len(components) < RepositoryNameMinComponents {
-		return ErrRepositoryNameMissingComponents
-	}
-
 	for _, component := range components {
-		if len(component) < RepositoryNameComponentMinLength {
-			return ErrRepositoryNameComponentShort
-		}
-
 		if !RepositoryNameComponentAnchoredRegexp.MatchString(component) {
 			return ErrRepositoryNameComponentInvalid
 		}
diff --git a/docs/api/v2/names_test.go b/docs/api/v2/names_test.go
index 0975fb7c..51e0ba8b 100644
--- a/docs/api/v2/names_test.go
+++ b/docs/api/v2/names_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package v2
 
 import (
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -10,6 +11,10 @@ func TestRepositoryNameRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 		input string
 		err   error
 	}{
+		{
+			input: "",
+			err:   ErrRepositoryNameEmpty,
+		},
 		{
 			input: "short",
 		},
@@ -30,11 +35,26 @@ func TestRepositoryNameRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			input: "a/a/a/b/b",
-			err:   ErrRepositoryNameComponentShort,
 		},
 		{
 			input: "a/a/a/a/",
-			err:   ErrRepositoryNameComponentShort,
+			err:   ErrRepositoryNameComponentInvalid,
+		},
+		{
+			input: "a//a/a",
+			err:   ErrRepositoryNameComponentInvalid,
+		},
+		{
+			input: "a",
+		},
+		{
+			input: "a/aa",
+		},
+		{
+			input: "aa/a",
+		},
+		{
+			input: "a/aa/a",
 		},
 		{
 			input: "foo.com/bar/baz",
@@ -58,10 +78,6 @@ func TestRepositoryNameRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			input: "a-a/a-a",
 		},
-		{
-			input: "a",
-			err:   ErrRepositoryNameComponentShort,
-		},
 		{
 			input: "a-/a/a/a",
 			err:   ErrRepositoryNameComponentInvalid,
@@ -110,9 +126,8 @@ func TestRepositoryNameRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 			err:   ErrRepositoryNameComponentInvalid,
 		},
 	} {
-
 		failf := func(format string, v ...interface{}) {
-			t.Logf(testcase.input+": "+format, v...)
+			t.Logf(strconv.Quote(testcase.input)+": "+format, v...)
 			t.Fail()
 		}
 
diff --git a/docs/api/v2/routes_test.go b/docs/api/v2/routes_test.go
index fb268336..9fd29a4f 100644
--- a/docs/api/v2/routes_test.go
+++ b/docs/api/v2/routes_test.go
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ func checkTestRouter(t *testing.T, testCases []routeTestCase, prefix string, dee
 		}
 
 		if testcase.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+			resp.Body.Close()
 			// We don't care about json response.
 			continue
 		}
@@ -291,6 +292,8 @@ func checkTestRouter(t *testing.T, testCases []routeTestCase, prefix string, dee
 		if deeplyEqual && !reflect.DeepEqual(actualRouteInfo, testcase) {
 			t.Fatalf("actual does not equal expected: %#v != %#v", actualRouteInfo, testcase)
 		}
+
+		resp.Body.Close()
 	}
 
 }