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 877ccd07ee1315baded538c719436fe710419555..3b832f684c6a435ebf8c48dc83bc2837d9ee7fee 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ Basic Usage
    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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