diff --git a/docs/api-guide/relations.md b/docs/api-guide/relations.md
index 8a810edb9..9b6b7dc3a 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/relations.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/relations.md
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ Nested relationships can be expressed by using serializers as fields.
 
 If the field is used to represent a to-many relationship, you should add the `many=True` flag to the serializer field.
 
-## Example
+## Read-only example
 
 For example, the following serializer:
 
@@ -256,6 +256,15 @@ For example, the following serializer:
 
 Would serialize to a nested representation like this:
 
+    >>> album = Album.objects.create(album_name="The Grey Album", artist='Danger Mouse')
+    >>> Track.objects.create(album=album, order=1, title='Public Service Announcement', duration=0)
+    <Track: Track object>
+    >>> Track.objects.create(album=album, order=2, title='What More Can I Say', duration=0)
+    <Track: Track object>
+    >>> Track.objects.create(album=album, order=3, title='Encore', duration=0)
+    <Track: Track object>
+    >>> serializer = AlbumSerializer(instance=album)
+    >>> serializer.data
     {
         'album_name': 'The Grey Album',
         'artist': 'Danger Mouse',
@@ -263,10 +272,52 @@ Would serialize to a nested representation like this:
             {'order': 1, 'title': 'Public Service Announcement'},
             {'order': 2, 'title': 'What More Can I Say'},
             {'order': 3, 'title': 'Encore'},
-            ...
         ],
     }
 
+## Writable nested serializers
+
+To use writable nested serialization you'll want to declare a nested field on
+the serializer class, and write the `create(validated_data)` and/or
+`update(instance, validated_data)` methods explicitly.
+Note that nested serializers also works for regular serializers.
+
+    class TrackSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+        class Meta:
+            model = Track
+            fields = ('order', 'title')
+
+    class AlbumSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+        tracks = TrackSerializer(many=True)
+
+        class Meta:
+            model = Album
+            fields = ('album_name', 'artist', 'tracks')
+
+        def create(self, validated_data):
+            tracks_data = validated_data.pop('tracks')
+            album = Album.objects.create(**validated_data)
+            for track_data in tracks_data:
+                Track.objects.create(album=album, duration=0, **track_data)
+            return album
+
+    >>> data = {
+        'album_name': 'The Grey Album',
+        'artist': 'Danger Mouse',
+        'tracks': [
+            {'order': 1, 'title': 'Public Service Announcement'},
+            {'order': 2, 'title': 'What More Can I Say'},
+            {'order': 3, 'title': 'Encore'},
+        ],
+    }
+    >>> serializer = AlbumSerializer(data=data)
+    >>> serializer.is_valid()
+    True
+    >>> serializer.save()
+    <Album: Album object>
+    >>> 
+
+
 # Custom relational fields
 
 To implement a custom relational field, you should override `RelatedField`, and implement the `.to_representation(self, value)` method. This method takes the target of the field as the `value` argument, and should return the representation that should be used to serialize the target. The `value` argument will typically be a model instance.