diff --git a/docs/user/quickstart.rst b/docs/user/quickstart.rst
index 42202648..2e9f633f 100644
--- a/docs/user/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/user/quickstart.rst
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ For example, the GitHub API v3 accepts JSON-Encoded POST/PATCH data::
     >>> payload = {'some': 'data'}
 
     >>> r = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(payload))
+    
+Instead of encoding the ``dict`` yourself, you can also pass it directly using
+the ``json`` parameter (added in version 2.4.2) and it will be encoded automatically:
+
+    >>> import json
+    >>> url = 'https://api.github.com/some/endpoint'
+    >>> payload = {'some': 'data'}
+
+    >>> r = requests.post(url, json=payload)
 
 
 POST a Multipart-Encoded File