diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index e353beb5f..fb4b8d393 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -941,15 +941,17 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
         except TypeError:
             tb = traceback.format_exc()
             msg = (
-                'Got a `TypeError` when calling `%s._default_manager.create()`. '
+                'Got a `TypeError` when calling `%s.%s.create()`. '
                 'This may be because you have a writable field on the '
                 'serializer class that is not a valid argument to '
-                '`%s._default_manager.create()`. You may need to make the field '
+                '`%s.%s.create()`. You may need to make the field '
                 'read-only, or override the %s.create() method to handle '
                 'this correctly.\nOriginal exception was:\n %s' %
                 (
                     ModelClass.__name__,
+                    ModelClass._default_manager.name,
                     ModelClass.__name__,
+                    ModelClass._default_manager.name,
                     self.__class__.__name__,
                     tb
                 )
diff --git a/tests/test_model_serializer.py b/tests/test_model_serializer.py
index b1532e164..7e801badb 100644
--- a/tests/test_model_serializer.py
+++ b/tests/test_model_serializer.py
@@ -102,13 +102,6 @@ class Issue3674ChildModel(models.Model):
     value = models.CharField(primary_key=True, max_length=64)
 
 
-class Issue6110TestModel(models.Model):
-    """Model without .objects manager."""
-
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=64)
-    all_objects = models.Manager()
-
-
 class UniqueChoiceModel(models.Model):
     CHOICES = (
         ('choice1', 'choice 1'),
@@ -133,7 +126,7 @@ class TestModelSerializer(TestCase):
         })
         serializer.is_valid()
 
-        msginitial = 'Got a `TypeError` when calling `OneFieldModel._default_manager.create()`.'
+        msginitial = 'Got a `TypeError` when calling `OneFieldModel.objects.create()`.'
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msginitial):
             serializer.save()
 
@@ -1233,13 +1226,26 @@ class TestFieldSource(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(unicode_repr(TestSerializer()), expected)
 
 
+class Issue6110TestModel(models.Model):
+    """Model without .objects manager."""
+
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=64)
+    all_objects = models.Manager()
+
+
+class Issue6110ModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Issue6110TestModel
+        fields = ('name',)
+
+
 class Issue6110Test(TestCase):
+
     def test_model_serializer_custom_manager(self):
-
-        class TestModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-            class Meta:
-                model = Issue6110TestModel
-                fields = ('name',)
-
-        instance = TestModelSerializer().create({'name': 'test_name'})
+        instance = Issue6110ModelSerializer().create({'name': 'test_name'})
         self.assertEqual(instance.name, 'test_name')
+
+    def test_model_serializer_custom_manager_error_message(self):
+        msginitial = ('Got a `TypeError` when calling `Issue6110TestModel.all_objects.create()`.')
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msginitial):
+            Issue6110ModelSerializer().create({'wrong_param': 'wrong_param'})