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 433f948..f652039 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@
those with character codes in the 0-31 range, including ``'\t'`` (tab),
``'\n'``, ``'\r'`` and ``'\0'``.
+ If the data being deserialized is not a valid JSON document, a
+ :exc:`ValueError` will be raised.
.. method:: decode(s)