diff --git a/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst b/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst
index 24cf76b..71ee417 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst
@@ -1258,8 +1258,8 @@
 
     class ZeroMQSocketHandler(QueueHandler):
         def enqueue(self, record):
-            data = json.dumps(record.__dict__)
-            self.queue.send(data)
+            self.queue.send_json(record.__dict__)
+
 
     handler = ZeroMQSocketHandler(sock)
 
@@ -1272,11 +1272,10 @@
             self.ctx = ctx or zmq.Context()
             socket = zmq.Socket(self.ctx, socktype)
             socket.bind(uri)
-            QueueHandler.__init__(self, socket)
+            super().__init__(socket)
 
         def enqueue(self, record):
-            data = json.dumps(record.__dict__)
-            self.queue.send(data)
+            self.queue.send_json(record.__dict__)
 
         def close(self):
             self.queue.close()
@@ -1292,12 +1291,13 @@
         def __init__(self, uri, *handlers, **kwargs):
             self.ctx = kwargs.get('ctx') or zmq.Context()
             socket = zmq.Socket(self.ctx, zmq.SUB)
-            socket.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, '')  # subscribe to everything
+            socket.setsockopt_string(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, '')  # subscribe to everything
             socket.connect(uri)
+            super().__init__(socket, *handlers, **kwargs)
 
         def dequeue(self):
-            msg = self.queue.recv()
-            return logging.makeLogRecord(json.loads(msg))
+            msg = self.queue.recv_json()
+            return logging.makeLogRecord(msg)
 
 
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