Ticket #18214: serialization-clarification.diff

docs/topics/serialization.txt

@@ -3 +3 @@
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 Django's serialization framework provides a mechanism for "translating" Django
-objects into other formats. Usually these other formats will be text-based and
-used for sending Django objects over a wire, but it's possible for a
+models into other formats. Usually these other formats will be text-based and
+used for sending Django data over a wire, but it's possible for a
 serializer to handle any format (text-based or not).
 
 .. seealso::
@@ -23 +23 @@
 The arguments to the ``serialize`` function are the format to serialize the data
 to (see `Serialization formats`_) and a
 :class:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet` to serialize. (Actually, the second
-argument can be any iterator that yields Django objects, but it'll almost
-always be a QuerySet).
+argument can be any iterator that yields Django model instances, but it'll
+almost always be a QuerySet).
 
 You can also use a serializer object directly::