diff --git a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md
index ccf84592b..3ca77c3ef 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/generic-views.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Note that if your API doesn't include any object level permissions, you may opti
 
 Returns the classes that should be used to filter the queryset. Defaults to returning the `filter_backends` attribute.
 
-May be overridden to provide more complex behavior with filters, such as using different (or even exlusive) lists of filter_backends depending on different criteria.
+May be overridden to provide more complex behavior with filters, such as using different (or even exclusive) lists of filter_backends depending on different criteria.
 
 For example:
 
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/renderers.md b/docs/api-guide/renderers.md
index 83ded849d..993a3ea2f 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/renderers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/renderers.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ An example of a view that uses `TemplateHTMLRenderer`:
 
     class UserDetail(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
         """
-        A view that returns a templated HTML representations of a given user.
+        A view that returns a templated HTML representation of a given user.
         """
         queryset = User.objects.all()
         renderer_classes = (TemplateHTMLRenderer,)
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
index d9ded52f5..2adea513f 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ There are four methods that can be overridden, depending on what functionality y
 
 * `.to_representation()` - Override this to support serialization, for read operations.
 * `.to_internal_value()` - Override this to support deserialization, for write operations.
-* `.create()` and `.update()` - Overide either or both of these to support saving instances.
+* `.create()` and `.update()` - Override either or both of these to support saving instances.
 
 Because this class provides the same interface as the `Serializer` class, you can use it with the existing generic class based views exactly as you would for a regular `Serializer` or `ModelSerializer`.