diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 14422b279..0990eadc9 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class WritableField(Field):
 
     def __init__(self, source=None, readonly=False, required=None,
                  validators=[], error_messages=None, widget=None,
-                 help_text=None, initial=None):
+                 initial=None):
 
         super(WritableField, self).__init__(source=source)
 
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ class WritableField(Field):
 
         # These attributes are ony used for HTML forms.
         self.initial = initial
-        self.help_text = help_text and smart_unicode(help_text) or ''
 
         widget = widget or self.widget
         if isinstance(widget, type):
diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index 936bec367..de2276ad7 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ class BrowsableAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
                 kwargs['widget'] = v.widget
             if getattr(v, 'initial', None):
                 kwargs['initial'] = v.initial
-            if getattr(v, 'help_text', None):
-                kwargs['help_text'] = v.help_text
             kwargs['label'] = k
             print kwargs