diff --git a/docs/topics/serialization.txt b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
index d5a5282..6bda32d 100644
--- a/docs/topics/serialization.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Serializing Django objects
 ==========================
 
 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::
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ At the highest level, serializing data is a very simple operation::
 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::