From 7ed81c3c66cf57c7ea0f4844c6f8206fcc171a2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Christie <tom@tomchristie.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 22:06:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak comment.

---
 rest_framework/fields.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index c406a2f39..998911e12 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ class WritableField(Field):
                 native = data[field_name]
         except KeyError:
             if self.default is not None and not self.root.partial:
+                # Note: partial updates shouldn't set defaults
                 native = self.default
-                # partial serializers shouldn't set the default field to avoid
-                # overriding the previously set value
             else:
                 if self.required:
                     raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])