diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 5f9e957d7..7ca3b993f 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ def raise_errors_on_nested_writes(method_name, serializer, validated_data):
     This check is invoked internally by default `ModelSerializer.create()`
     and `ModelSerializer.update()` implementations.
 
-     Eg. Suppose we have a `UserSerializer` with a nested profile. How should
+    Eg. Suppose we have a `UserSerializer` with a nested profile. How should
     we handle the case of an update, where the `profile` relationship does
     not exist? Any of the following might be valid: