diff --git a/Lib/json/tool.py b/Lib/json/tool.py
index 1d82bc8..b3ef992 100644
--- a/Lib/json/tool.py
+++ b/Lib/json/tool.py
@@ -21,17 +21,19 @@
                    'to validate and pretty-print JSON objects.')
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog, description=description)
     parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType(),
-                        help='a JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed')
+                        help='a JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed',
+                        default=sys.stdin)
     parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('w'),
-                        help='write the output of infile to outfile')
+                        help='write the output of infile to outfile',
+                        default=sys.stdout)
     parser.add_argument('--sort-keys', action='store_true', default=False,
                         help='sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key')
     parser.add_argument('--json-lines', action='store_true', default=False,
                         help='parse input using the jsonlines format')
     options = parser.parse_args()
 
-    infile = options.infile or sys.stdin
-    outfile = options.outfile or sys.stdout
+    infile = options.infile
+    outfile = options.outfile
     sort_keys = options.sort_keys
     json_lines = options.json_lines
     with infile, outfile: