diff --git a/moto/dynamodb2/models.py b/moto/dynamodb2/models.py
index 52a757ed5..76dfbf1c3 100644
--- a/moto/dynamodb2/models.py
+++ b/moto/dynamodb2/models.py
@@ -182,10 +182,9 @@ class Table(object):
         self.created_at = datetime.datetime.now()
         self.items = defaultdict(dict)
 
-    @property
-    def describe(self):
+    def describe(self, base_key='TableDescription'):
         results = {
-            'Table': {
+            base_key: {
                 'AttributeDefinitions': self.attr,
                 'ProvisionedThroughput': self.throughput,
                 'TableSizeBytes': 0,
@@ -525,7 +524,6 @@ class DynamoDBBackend(BaseBackend):
                 for key in keys:
                     if key in table.hash_key_names:
                         return key, None
-            # import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
             # for potential_hash, potential_range in zip(table.hash_key_names, table.range_key_names):
             #     if set([potential_hash, potential_range]) == set(keys):
             #         return potential_hash, potential_range
diff --git a/moto/dynamodb2/responses.py b/moto/dynamodb2/responses.py
index 14466a299..4c0265449 100644
--- a/moto/dynamodb2/responses.py
+++ b/moto/dynamodb2/responses.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class DynamoHandler(BaseResponse):
                    global_indexes=global_indexes,
                    indexes=local_secondary_indexes)
         if table is not None:
-            return dynamo_json_dump(table.describe)
+            return dynamo_json_dump(table.describe())
         else:
             er = 'com.amazonaws.dynamodb.v20111205#ResourceInUseException'
             return self.error(er)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class DynamoHandler(BaseResponse):
         name = self.body['TableName']
         table = dynamodb_backend2.delete_table(name)
         if table is not None:
-            return dynamo_json_dump(table.describe)
+            return dynamo_json_dump(table.describe())
         else:
             er = 'com.amazonaws.dynamodb.v20111205#ResourceNotFoundException'
             return self.error(er)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class DynamoHandler(BaseResponse):
         if 'ProvisionedThroughput' in self.body:
             throughput = self.body["ProvisionedThroughput"]
             table = dynamodb_backend2.update_table_throughput(name, throughput)
-        return dynamo_json_dump(table.describe)
+        return dynamo_json_dump(table.describe())
 
     def describe_table(self):
         name = self.body['TableName']
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class DynamoHandler(BaseResponse):
         except KeyError:
             er = 'com.amazonaws.dynamodb.v20111205#ResourceNotFoundException'
             return self.error(er)
-        return dynamo_json_dump(table.describe)
+        return dynamo_json_dump(table.describe(base_key='Table'))
 
     def put_item(self):
         name = self.body['TableName']
diff --git a/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb_table_with_range_key.py b/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb_table_with_range_key.py
index d61785033..8a5c4ed42 100644
--- a/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb_table_with_range_key.py
+++ b/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb_table_with_range_key.py
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ def test_boto3_query_gsi_range_comparison():
 
 
 @mock_dynamodb2
-def test_update_table_throughput():
+def test_boto3_update_table_throughput():
     dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name='us-east-1')
 
     # Create the DynamoDB table.
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ def test_update_table_throughput():
 
 
 @mock_dynamodb2
-def test_update_table_gsi_throughput():
+def test_boto3_update_table_gsi_throughput():
     dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name='us-east-1')
 
     # Create the DynamoDB table.
diff --git a/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb_table_without_range_key.py b/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb_table_without_range_key.py
index 5b24f7a5a..c17d66834 100644
--- a/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb_table_without_range_key.py
+++ b/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb_table_without_range_key.py
@@ -519,6 +519,31 @@ def test_conflicting_writes():
 boto3
 """
 
+@mock_dynamodb2
+def test_boto3_create_table():
+    dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name='us-east-1')
+
+    table = dynamodb.create_table(
+        TableName='users',
+        KeySchema=[
+            {
+                'AttributeName': 'username',
+                'KeyType': 'HASH'
+            },
+        ],
+        AttributeDefinitions=[
+            {
+                'AttributeName': 'username',
+                'AttributeType': 'S'
+            },
+        ],
+        ProvisionedThroughput={
+            'ReadCapacityUnits': 5,
+            'WriteCapacityUnits': 5
+        }
+    )
+    table.name.should.equal('users')
+
 
 def _create_user_table():
     dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name='us-east-1')