https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a42082b6a1e2a71270ea2541ee2285ec52435ec4
commit: a42082b6a1e2a71270ea2541ee2285ec52435ec4
branch: 3.13
author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]>
committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]>
date: 2026-05-11T11:38:56Z
summary:

[3.13] gh-146061: Clarify indent=None in json docs (GH-146095) (GH-149669)

(cherry picked from commit 833dae7c1fdc556200cbfc3e76bad4d54628042c)

Co-authored-by: Jonathan Dung <[email protected]>

files:
M Doc/library/json.rst
M Lib/json/__init__.py

diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index e83eefe351ce31..2a86d2cae6b576 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Basic Usage
       a string (such as ``"\t"``) is used to indent each level.
       If zero, negative, or ``""`` (the empty string),
       only newlines are inserted.
-      If ``None`` (the default), the most compact representation is used.
+      If ``None`` (the default), no newlines are inserted.
    :type indent: int | str | None
 
    :param separators:
diff --git a/Lib/json/__init__.py b/Lib/json/__init__.py
index c7a6dcdf77e76a..a29e6bb58b40b6 100644
--- a/Lib/json/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/json/__init__.py
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ def dump(obj, fp, *, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, 
check_circular=True,
 
     If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and
     object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent
-    level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact
-    representation.
+    level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the default and gives
+    a representation with no newlines inserted.
 
     If specified, ``separators`` should be an ``(item_separator,
     key_separator)`` tuple.  The default is ``(', ', ': ')`` if *indent* is
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ def dumps(obj, *, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, 
check_circular=True,
 
     If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and
     object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent
-    level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact
-    representation.
+    level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the default and gives
+    a representation with no newlines inserted.
 
     If specified, ``separators`` should be an ``(item_separator,
     key_separator)`` tuple.  The default is ``(', ', ': ')`` if *indent* is

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