diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index 033e3fc41e8..200fa147401 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ Encoders and Decoders
    (e.g. :class:`float`).
 
    *parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the following
-   strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``, ``'null'``, ``'true'``,
-   ``'false'``.  This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
+   strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``.
+   This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
    are encountered.
 
    If *strict* is false (``True`` is the default), then control characters
diff --git a/Lib/json/__init__.py b/Lib/json/__init__.py
index 94397aa4e94..b8d5e6cff8c 100644
--- a/Lib/json/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/json/__init__.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def loads(s, *, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
     for JSON integers (e.g. float).
 
     ``parse_constant``, if specified, will be called with one of the
-    following strings: -Infinity, Infinity, NaN, null, true, false.
+    following strings: -Infinity, Infinity, NaN.
     This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
     are encountered.