Add help_text and verbose_name attribute mapping for related field

3 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index ea9509bf..9cb548a5 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -828,6 +828,10 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
 
         if model_field:
             kwargs['required'] = not(model_field.null or model_field.blank)
+            if model_field.help_text is not None:
+                kwargs['help_text'] = model_field.help_text
+            if model_field.verbose_name is not None:
+                kwargs['label'] = model_field.verbose_name
 
         return PrimaryKeyRelatedField(**kwargs)
 
@@ -1088,6 +1092,10 @@ class HyperlinkedModelSerializer(ModelSerializer):
 
         if model_field:
             kwargs['required'] = not(model_field.null or model_field.blank)
+            if model_field.help_text is not None:
+                kwargs['help_text'] = model_field.help_text
+            if model_field.verbose_name is not None:
+                kwargs['label'] = model_field.verbose_name
 
         if self.opts.lookup_field:
             kwargs['lookup_field'] = self.opts.lookup_field
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/models.py b/rest_framework/tests/models.py
index 6c8f2342..0256697a 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/models.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/models.py
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ class ForeignKeyTarget(RESTFrameworkModel):
 
 class ForeignKeySource(RESTFrameworkModel):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
-    target = models.ForeignKey(ForeignKeyTarget, related_name='sources')
+    target = models.ForeignKey(ForeignKeyTarget, related_name='sources',
+                               help_text='Target', verbose_name='Target')
 
 
 # Nullable ForeignKey
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_serializer.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_serializer.py
index 3ee2b38a..e688c823 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_serializer.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_serializer.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from rest_framework import serializers, fields, relations
 from rest_framework.tests.models import (HasPositiveIntegerAsChoice, Album, ActionItem, Anchor, BasicModel,
     BlankFieldModel, BlogPost, BlogPostComment, Book, CallableDefaultValueModel, DefaultValueModel,
-    ManyToManyModel, Person, ReadOnlyManyToManyModel, Photo, RESTFrameworkModel)
+    ManyToManyModel, Person, ReadOnlyManyToManyModel, Photo, RESTFrameworkModel,
+    ForeignKeySource, ManyToManySource)
 from rest_framework.tests.models import BasicModelSerializer
 import datetime
 import pickle
@@ -176,6 +177,16 @@ class PositiveIntegerAsChoiceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         fields = ['some_integer']
 
 
+class ForeignKeySourceSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = ForeignKeySource
+
+
+class HyperlinkedForeignKeySourceSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = ForeignKeySource
+
+
 class BasicTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.comment = Comment(
@@ -1600,6 +1611,19 @@ class ManyFieldHelpTextTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual('Some help text.', rel_field.help_text)
 
 
+class AttributeMappingOnAutogeneratedRelatedFields(TestCase):
+
+    def test_primary_key_related_field(self):
+        serializer = ForeignKeySourceSerializer()
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.fields['target'].help_text, 'Target')
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.fields['target'].label, 'Target')
+
+    def test_hyperlinked_related_field(self):
+        serializer = HyperlinkedForeignKeySourceSerializer()
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.fields['target'].help_text, 'Target')
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.fields['target'].label, 'Target')
+
+
 @unittest.skipUnless(PIL is not None, 'PIL is not installed')
 class AttributeMappingOnAutogeneratedFieldsTests(TestCase):