From f8c4e5079ee580c354d75523882be184961c05ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Billy Rotich <rotichbil636@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:02:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Minor documentation fixes (#6581)

---
 docs/api-guide/serializers.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
index e25053936..e77e78c15 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ This option is a dictionary, mapping field names to a dictionary of keyword argu
             user.save()
             return user
 
+Please keep in mind that, if the field has already been explicitly declared on the serializer class, then the `extra_kwargs` option will be ignored.
+
 ## Relational fields
 
 When serializing model instances, there are a number of different ways you might choose to represent relationships.  The default representation for `ModelSerializer` is to use the primary keys of the related instances.