diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php
index dd5ae28afd..a00dafdc12 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteProviderInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\State\StateInterface;
+use Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\style\Serializer;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\display\ResponseDisplayPluginInterface;
 use Drupal\views\Render\ViewsRenderPipelineMarkup;
 use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@
 /**
  * The plugin that handles Data response callbacks for REST resources.
  *
+ * Style plugins that work with this class must extend
+ * \Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\style\Serializer.
+ *
  * @ingroup views_display_plugins
  *
  * @ViewsDisplay(
@@ -30,6 +34,8 @@
  *   admin = @Translation("REST export"),
  *   returns_response = TRUE
  * )
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\style\Serializer
  */
 class RestExport extends PathPluginBase implements ResponseDisplayPluginInterface {
 
@@ -328,9 +334,9 @@ public function collectRoutes(RouteCollection $collection) {
 
     if ($route = $collection->get("view.$view_id.$display_id")) {
       $style_plugin = $this->getPlugin('style');
-      if (!method_exists($style_plugin, 'getFormats') || !method_exists($style_plugin, 'getFormatOptions')) {
+      if (!$style_plugin instanceof Serializer) {
         $class_name = get_class($style_plugin);
-        throw new \Exception("Views style plugins used with REST exports must provide methods getFormats and getFormatOptions. Plugin class {$class_name} doesn't provide these methods.");
+        throw new \Exception("Views style plugins used with REST exports must use be an instance of \\Drupal\\rest\\Plugin\\views\\style\\Serializer, {$class_name} found.");
       }
       // REST exports should only respond to GET methods.
       $route->setMethods(['GET']);
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/style/Serializer.php b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/style/Serializer.php
index 51c126f6ab..c64c5a6a16 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/style/Serializer.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/style/Serializer.php
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 /**
  * The style plugin for serialized output formats.
  *
+ * Style plugins must extend this class to work with the
+ * \Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\display\RestExport display plugin.
+ *
  * @ingroup views_style_plugins
  *
  * @ViewsStyle(
@@ -20,6 +23,8 @@
  *   help = @Translation("Serializes views row data using the Serializer component."),
  *   display_types = {"data"}
  * )
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\display\RestExport
  */
 class Serializer extends StylePluginBase implements CacheableDependencyInterface {