diff --git a/docs/topics/3.8-announcement.md b/docs/topics/3.8-announcement.md
index 3d0de2d7d..1671bcd89 100644
--- a/docs/topics/3.8-announcement.md
+++ b/docs/topics/3.8-announcement.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ the view:
     def perform_create(self, serializer):
         serializer.save(owner=self.request.user)
 
-Alternatively you may override `save()` or `create()` or `update()` on the serialiser as appropriate.
+Alternatively you may override `save()` or `create()` or `update()` on the serializer as appropriate.
 
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