diff -r c144bf6c0ff7 Doc/library/json.rst
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst	Thu Jan 19 19:38:13 2017 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst	Thu Jan 19 22:05:45 2017 -0500
@@ -278,6 +278,11 @@
    If the data being deserialized is not a valid JSON document, a
    :exc:`JSONDecodeError` will be raised.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.6
+      *s* can now be of type :class:`bytes` or :class:`bytearray`. The
+      input encoding should be UTF-8, UTF-16 or UTF-32.
+      
+
 Encoders and Decoders
 ---------------------