Documenting that json.load may raise a ValueError.
Issue #18680: JSONDecoder should document that it raises a ValueError
for malformed data
diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index 877ccd0..3b832f6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@
The other arguments have the same meaning as in :func:`load`, except
*encoding* which is ignored and deprecated.
+ If the data being deserialized is not a valid JSON document, a
+ :exc:`ValueError` will be raised.
Encoders and Decoders
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