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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
index 0cdae1ce..19efde3c 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Declaring a serializer looks very similar to declaring a form:
         created = serializers.DateTimeField()
 
         def restore_object(self, attrs, instance=None):
-            if instance:
+            if instance is not None:
                 instance.title = attrs['title']
                 instance.content = attrs['content']
                 instance.created = attrs['created']
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ When deserializing data, we can either create a new instance, or update an exist
     serializer = CommentSerializer(data=data)           # Create new instance
     serializer = CommentSerializer(comment, data=data)  # Update `instance`
 
+By default, serializers must be passed values for all required fields or they will throw validation errors.  You can use the `partial` argument in order to allow partial updates.
+
+    serializer = CommentSerializer(comment, data={'content': u'foo bar'}, partial=True)  # Update `instance` with partial data
+
 ## Validation
 
 When deserializing data, you always need to call `is_valid()` before attempting to access the deserialized object.  If any validation errors occur, the `.errors` and `.non_field_errors` properties will contain the resulting error messages.
@@ -248,6 +252,15 @@ The default `ModelSerializer` uses primary keys for relationships, but you can a
 
 The `depth` option should be set to an integer value that indicates the depth of relationships that should be traversed before reverting to a flat representation.
 
+## Specifying which fields should be read-only 
+
+You may wish to specify multiple fields as read-only. Instead of adding each field explicitely with the `read_only=True` attribute, you may use the `read_only_fields` Meta option, like so:
+
+    class AccountSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+        class Meta:
+            model = Account
+            read_only_fields = ('created', 'modified')
+
 ## Customising the default fields
 
 You can create customized subclasses of `ModelSerializer` that use a different set of default fields for the representation, by overriding various `get_<field_type>_field` methods.