diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index bc2115c1..a2cc84d7 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def request(method, url, **kwargs):
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param params: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to be sent in the query string for the :class:`Request`.
     :param data: (optional) Dictionary or list of tuples ``[(key, value)]`` (will be form-encoded), bytes, or file-like object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
-    :param json: (optional) json data to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
+    :param json: (optional) A JSON serializable Python object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
     :param headers: (optional) Dictionary of HTTP Headers to send with the :class:`Request`.
     :param cookies: (optional) Dict or CookieJar object to send with the :class:`Request`.
     :param files: (optional) Dictionary of ``'name': file-like-objects`` (or ``{'name': file-tuple}``) for multipart encoding upload.