diff --git a/swift/common/direct_client.py b/swift/common/direct_client.py
index 3fe2c236ae..35ca24a64c 100644
--- a/swift/common/direct_client.py
+++ b/swift/common/direct_client.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def direct_get_account(node, part, account, marker=None, limit=None,
     :param marker: marker query
     :param limit: query limit
     :param prefix: prefix query
-    :param delimeter: delimeter for the query
+    :param delimiter: delimiter for the query
     :param conn_timeout: timeout in seconds for establishing the connection
     :param response_timeout: timeout in seconds for getting the response
     :returns: a tuple of (response headers, a list of containers) The response
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ def direct_get_account(node, part, account, marker=None, limit=None,
     """
     path = '/' + account
     return _get_direct_account_container(path, "Account", node, part,
-                                         account, marker=None,
-                                         limit=None, prefix=None,
-                                         delimiter=None,
-                                         conn_timeout=5,
-                                         response_timeout=15)
+                                         account, marker=marker,
+                                         limit=limit, prefix=prefix,
+                                         delimiter=delimiter,
+                                         conn_timeout=conn_timeout,
+                                         response_timeout=response_timeout)
 
 
 def direct_delete_account(node, part, account, conn_timeout=5,
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def direct_get_container(node, part, account, container, marker=None,
     :param marker: marker query
     :param limit: query limit
     :param prefix: prefix query
-    :param delimeter: delimeter for the query
+    :param delimiter: delimiter for the query
     :param conn_timeout: timeout in seconds for establishing the connection
     :param response_timeout: timeout in seconds for getting the response
     :returns: a tuple of (response headers, a list of objects) The response
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ def direct_get_container(node, part, account, container, marker=None,
     """
     path = '/%s/%s' % (account, container)
     return _get_direct_account_container(path, "Container", node,
-                                         part, account, marker=None,
-                                         limit=None, prefix=None,
-                                         delimiter=None,
-                                         conn_timeout=5,
-                                         response_timeout=15)
+                                         part, account, marker=marker,
+                                         limit=limit, prefix=prefix,
+                                         delimiter=delimiter,
+                                         conn_timeout=conn_timeout,
+                                         response_timeout=response_timeout)
 
 
 def direct_delete_container(node, part, account, container, conn_timeout=5,
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_direct_client.py b/test/unit/common/test_direct_client.py
index 535bc991d8..d41a7c9672 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_direct_client.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_direct_client.py
@@ -161,13 +161,19 @@ class TestDirectClient(unittest.TestCase):
 
         with mocked_http_conn(200, stub_headers, body) as conn:
             resp_headers, resp = direct_client.direct_get_account(
-                self.node, self.part, self.account)
+                self.node, self.part, self.account, marker='marker',
+                prefix='prefix', delimiter='delimiter', limit=1000)
             self.assertEqual(conn.method, 'GET')
             self.assertEqual(conn.path, self.account_path)
 
         self.assertEqual(conn.req_headers['user-agent'], self.user_agent)
         self.assertEqual(resp_headers, stub_headers)
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(body), resp)
+        self.assertTrue('marker=marker' in conn.query_string)
+        self.assertTrue('delimiter=delimiter' in conn.query_string)
+        self.assertTrue('limit=1000' in conn.query_string)
+        self.assertTrue('prefix=prefix' in conn.query_string)
+        self.assertTrue('format=json' in conn.query_string)
 
     def test_direct_client_exception(self):
         stub_headers = {'X-Trans-Id': 'txb5f59485c578460f8be9e-0053478d09'}
@@ -302,12 +308,19 @@ class TestDirectClient(unittest.TestCase):
 
         with mocked_http_conn(200, headers, body) as conn:
             resp_headers, resp = direct_client.direct_get_container(
-                self.node, self.part, self.account, self.container)
+                self.node, self.part, self.account, self.container,
+                marker='marker', prefix='prefix', delimiter='delimiter',
+                limit=1000)
 
         self.assertEqual(conn.req_headers['user-agent'],
                          'direct-client %s' % os.getpid())
         self.assertEqual(headers, resp_headers)
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(body), resp)
+        self.assertTrue('marker=marker' in conn.query_string)
+        self.assertTrue('delimiter=delimiter' in conn.query_string)
+        self.assertTrue('limit=1000' in conn.query_string)
+        self.assertTrue('prefix=prefix' in conn.query_string)
+        self.assertTrue('format=json' in conn.query_string)
 
     def test_direct_get_container_no_content_does_not_decode_body(self):
         headers = {}