diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
index 8c17adbaf9f..feb5651f71e 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ The default implementation returns a serializer class based on the `serializer_f
 
 Called to generate a serializer field that maps to a relational model field.
 
-The default implementation returns a serializer class based on the `serializer_relational_field` attribute.
+The default implementation returns a serializer class based on the `serializer_related_field` attribute.
 
 The `relation_info` argument is a named tuple, that contains `model_field`, `related_model`, `to_many` and `has_through_model` properties.