diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 42d1e3700..2fd907ecd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -633,11 +633,11 @@ def raise_errors_on_nested_writes(method_name, serializer, validated_data):
     If we don't do this explicitly they'd get a less helpful error when
     calling `.save()` on the serializer.
 
-    We don't *automatically* support these sorts of nested writes brecause
+    We don't *automatically* support these sorts of nested writes because
     there are too many ambiguities to define a default behavior.
 
     Eg. Suppose we have a `UserSerializer` with a nested profile. How should
-    we handle the case of an update, where the `profile` realtionship does
+    we handle the case of an update, where the `profile` relationship does
     not exist? Any of the following might be valid:
 
     * Raise an application error.