diff --git a/bin/annotate b/bin/annotate
index 780dfbe8a..adab99520 100755
--- a/bin/annotate
+++ b/bin/annotate
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ OptionParser.new do |opts|
   end
 
   opts.on('-p', '--position [before|top|after|bottom]', ['before', 'top', 'after', 'bottom'],
-          "Place the annotations at the top (before) or the bottom (after) of the model/test/fixture/factory/routes file(s)") do |p|
+          "Place the annotations at the top (before) or the bottom (after) of the model/test/fixture/factory/route/serializer file(s)") do |p|
     ENV['position'] = p
     [
       'position_in_class','position_in_factory','position_in_fixture','position_in_test', 'position_in_routes', 'position_in_serializer'
diff --git a/lib/annotate.rb b/lib/annotate.rb
index 9de815140..7c6072a39 100755
--- a/lib/annotate.rb
+++ b/lib/annotate.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Annotate
   POSITION_OPTIONS=[
     :position_in_routes, :position_in_class, :position_in_test,
     :position_in_fixture, :position_in_factory, :position,
-    :position_in_serializer,
+    :position_in_serializer
   ]
   FLAG_OPTIONS=[
     :show_indexes, :simple_indexes, :include_version, :exclude_tests,
diff --git a/lib/annotate/annotate_models.rb b/lib/annotate/annotate_models.rb
index 3786d221f..4d9a3a4a9 100644
--- a/lib/annotate/annotate_models.rb
+++ b/lib/annotate/annotate_models.rb
@@ -335,9 +335,11 @@ def remove_annotation_of_file(file_name)
     #  :position_in_test<Symbol>:: where to place the annotated section in test/spec file(s)
     #  :position_in_fixture<Symbol>:: where to place the annotated section in fixture file
     #  :position_in_factory<Symbol>:: where to place the annotated section in factory file
+    #  :position_in_serializer<Symbol>:: where to place the annotated section in serializer file
     #  :exclude_tests<Symbol>:: whether to skip modification of test/spec files
     #  :exclude_fixtures<Symbol>:: whether to skip modification of fixture files
     #  :exclude_factories<Symbol>:: whether to skip modification of factory files
+    #  :exclude_serializers<Symbol>:: whether to skip modification of serializer files
     #
     def annotate(klass, file, header, options={})
       begin
@@ -503,7 +505,7 @@ def remove_annotations(options={})
             model_file_name = file
             deannotated_klass = true if(remove_annotation_of_file(model_file_name))
 
-            (TEST_PATTERNS + FIXTURE_PATTERNS + FACTORY_PATTERNS).
+            (TEST_PATTERNS + FIXTURE_PATTERNS + FACTORY_PATTERNS + SERIALIZER_PATTERNS).
               map { |file| resolve_filename(file, model_name, table_name) }.
               each do |file|
                 if File.exist?(file)
diff --git a/lib/generators/annotate/templates/auto_annotate_models.rake b/lib/generators/annotate/templates/auto_annotate_models.rake
index 842eade72..64d999449 100644
--- a/lib/generators/annotate/templates/auto_annotate_models.rake
+++ b/lib/generators/annotate/templates/auto_annotate_models.rake
@@ -6,28 +6,30 @@ if Rails.env.development?
     # You can override any of these by setting an environment variable of the
     # same name.
     Annotate.set_defaults({
-      'position_in_routes'   => "before",
-      'position_in_class'    => "before",
-      'position_in_test'     => "before",
-      'position_in_fixture'  => "before",
-      'position_in_factory'  => "before",
-      'show_foreign_keys'    => "true",
-      'show_indexes'         => "true",
-      'simple_indexes'       => "false",
-      'model_dir'            => "app/models",
-      'include_version'      => "false",
-      'require'              => "",
-      'exclude_tests'        => "false",
-      'exclude_fixtures'     => "false",
-      'exclude_factories'    => "false",
-      'ignore_model_sub_dir' => "false",
-      'skip_on_db_migrate'   => "false",
-      'format_bare'          => "true",
-      'format_rdoc'          => "false",
-      'format_markdown'      => "false",
-      'sort'                 => "false",
-      'force'                => "false",
-      'trace'                => "false",
+      'position_in_routes'      => "before",
+      'position_in_class'       => "before",
+      'position_in_test'        => "before",
+      'position_in_fixture'     => "before",
+      'position_in_factory'     => "before",
+      'position_in_serializer'  => "before",
+      'show_foreign_keys'       => "true",
+      'show_indexes'            => "true",
+      'simple_indexes'          => "false",
+      'model_dir'               => "app/models",
+      'include_version'         => "false",
+      'require'                 => "",
+      'exclude_tests'           => "false",
+      'exclude_fixtures'        => "false",
+      'exclude_factories'       => "false",
+      'exclude_serializers'     => "false",
+      'ignore_model_sub_dir'    => "false",
+      'skip_on_db_migrate'      => "false",
+      'format_bare'             => "true",
+      'format_rdoc'             => "false",
+      'format_markdown'         => "false",
+      'sort'                    => "false",
+      'force'                   => "false",
+      'trace'                   => "false",
     })
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/annotate_models.rake b/lib/tasks/annotate_models.rake
index 9c0a1980a..980dc31d8 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/annotate_models.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/annotate_models.rake
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ task :annotate_models => :environment do
   options[:position_in_fixture] = Annotate.fallback(ENV['position_in_fixture'], ENV['position'])
   options[:position_in_factory] = Annotate.fallback(ENV['position_in_factory'], ENV['position'])
   options[:position_in_test] = Annotate.fallback(ENV['position_in_test'], ENV['position'])
+  options[:position_in_serializer] = Annotate.fallback(ENV['position_in_serializer'], ENV['position'])
   options[:show_indexes] = Annotate.true?(ENV['show_indexes'])
   options[:simple_indexes] = Annotate.true?(ENV['simple_indexes'])
   options[:model_dir] = ENV['model_dir'] ? ENV['model_dir'].split(',') : []
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ task :annotate_models => :environment do
   options[:exclude_tests] = Annotate.true?(ENV['exclude_tests'])
   options[:exclude_factories] = Annotate.true?(ENV['exclude_factories'])
   options[:exclude_fixtures] = Annotate.true?(ENV['exclude_fixtures'])
+  options[:exclude_serializers] = Annotate.true?(ENV['exclude_serializers'])
   options[:ignore_model_sub_dir] = Annotate.true?(ENV['ignore_model_sub_dir'])
   options[:format_bare] = Annotate.true?(ENV['format_bare'])
   options[:format_rdoc] = Annotate.true?(ENV['format_rdoc'])