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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md index 42e81cad..aaff760e 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md @@ -242,17 +242,17 @@ This allows you to write views that update or create multiple items when a `PUT` # True serialize.save() # `.save()` will be called on each updated or newly created instance. -Bulk updates will update any instances that already exist, and create new instances for data items that do not have a corresponding instance. +By default bulk updates will be limited to updating instances that already exist in the provided queryset. -When performing a bulk update you may want any items that are not present in the incoming data to be deleted. To do so, pass `allow_delete=True` to the serializer. +When performing a bulk update you may want to allow new items to be created, and missing items to be deleted. To do so, pass `allow_add_remove=True` to the serializer. - serializer = BookSerializer(queryset, data=data, many=True, allow_delete=True) + serializer = BookSerializer(queryset, data=data, many=True, allow_add_remove=True) serializer.is_valid() # True - serializer.save() # `.save()` will be called on each updated or newly created instance. + serializer.save() # `.save()` will be called on updated or newly created instances. # `.delete()` will be called on any other items in the `queryset`. -Passing `allow_delete=True` ensures that any update operations will completely overwrite the existing queryset, rather than simply updating any objects found in the incoming data. +Passing `allow_delete=True` ensures that any update operations will completely overwrite the existing queryset, rather than simply updating existing objects. #### How identity is determined when performing bulk updates |