Udpate docstring

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 53f092d7..e373cd10 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -236,11 +236,11 @@ class BaseSerializer(Field):
 
 class SerializerMetaclass(type):
     """
-    This metaclass sets a dictionary named `base_fields` on the class.
+    This metaclass sets a dictionary named `_declared_fields` on the class.
 
     Any instances of `Field` included as attributes on either the class
     or on any of its superclasses will be include in the
-    `base_fields` dictionary.
+    `_declared_fields` dictionary.
     """
 
     @classmethod