diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index fb5c891579a7c1..949f191edeff1b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ Basic Usage
    ``JSON.stringify``. If *allow_nan* is true but not equal to ``'as_null'``
    then NaNs and infinities are converted to non-quote-delimited strings
    ``NaN``, ``Infinity`` and ``-Infinity`` in the JSON output. Note that this
-   represents an extension of the JSON specification, and is not compliant with
-   standard JSON.
+   represents an extension of the JSON specification, and that the generated
+   output may not be accepted as valid JSON by third party JSON parsers.
 
    If *indent* is a non-negative integer or string, then JSON array elements and
    object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level.  An indent level
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ Basic Usage
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.14
       Added support for ``allow_nan='as_null'``. Passing any string value
-      other than ``'as_null'`` for ``allow_nan`` now raises a
+      other than ``'as_null'`` for ``allow_nan`` now triggers a
       :warning:`DeprecationWarning`.
 
    .. note::
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ Basic Usage
       so trying to serialize multiple objects with repeated calls to
       :func:`dump` using the same *fp* will result in an invalid JSON file.
 
-
 .. function:: dumps(obj, *, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, \
                     check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, \
                     indent=None, separators=None, default=None, \
@@ -461,15 +460,16 @@ Encoders and Decoders
    prevent an infinite recursion (which would cause a :exc:`RecursionError`).
    Otherwise, no such check takes place.
 
-   If *allow_nan* is the string ``'as_null'``, then NaNs and infinities are
-   encoded as JSON ``null`` values. This matches the behavior of JavaScript's
-   ``JSON.stringify``. If *allow_nan* is true but not equal to ``'as_null'``,
-   then ``NaN``, ``Infinity``, and ``-Infinity`` will be encoded as
-   corresponding non-quote-delimited strings in the JSON output. This is the
-   default behavior. This behavior represents an extension of the JSON
-   specification, but is consistent with some JavaScript based encoders and
-   decoders (as well as Python's own decoder).  If *allow_nan* is false, it
-   will be a :exc:`ValueError` to encode such floats.
+   If *allow_nan* is false (default: ``True``), then it will be a
+   :exc:`ValueError` to serialize out of range :class:`float` values (``nan``,
+   ``inf``, ``-inf``) in strict compliance with the JSON specification. If
+   *allow_nan* is the string ``'as_null'``, NaNs and infinities will be
+   converted to a JSON ``null``, matching the behavior of JavaScript's
+   ``JSON.stringify``. If *allow_nan* is true but not equal to ``'as_null'``
+   then NaNs and infinities are converted to non-quote-delimited strings
+   ``NaN``, ``Infinity`` and ``-Infinity`` in the JSON output. Note that this
+   represents an extension of the JSON specification, and that the generated
+   output may not be accepted as valid JSON by third party JSON parsers.
 
    If *sort_keys* is true (default: ``False``), then the output of dictionaries
    will be sorted by key; this is useful for regression tests to ensure that
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ Encoders and Decoders
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.14
       Added support for ``allow_nan='as_null'``. Passing any string value
-      other than ``'as_null'`` for *allow_nan* now raises a
+      other than ``'as_null'`` for *allow_nan* now triggers a
       :warning:`DeprecationWarning`.
 
    .. method:: default(o)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
index 6a3f9420c3379d..3e302347657f6e 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ json
 ----
 
 * Add support for ``allow_nan='as_null'`` when encoding to JSON. This converts
-  floating-point infinities and NaNs to a JSON ``null``, for compatibility
+  floating-point infinities and NaNs to a JSON ``null``, for alignment
   with ECMAScript's ``JSON.stringify``.
   (Contributed by Mark Dickinson in :gh:`115246`.)