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diff --git a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
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@@ -109,13 +109,23 @@ Options
 
  This option tells CTest to write all its output to a log file.
 
-``-N,--show-only``
+``-N,--show-only[=<format>]``
  Disable actual execution of tests.
 
  This option tells CTest to list the tests that would be run but not
  actually run them.  Useful in conjunction with the ``-R`` and ``-E``
  options.
 
+ ``<format>`` can be one of the following values.
+
+   ``human``
+     Human-friendly output.  This is not guaranteed to be stable.
+     This is the default.
+
+   ``json-v1``
+     Dump the test information in JSON format.
+     See `Show as JSON Object Model`_.
+
 ``-L <regex>, --label-regex <regex>``
  Run tests with labels matching regular expression.
 
@@ -1163,6 +1173,65 @@ Configuration settings include:
   * :module:`CTest` module variable: ``TRIGGER_SITE`` if set,
     else ``CTEST_TRIGGER_SITE``
 
+.. _`Show as JSON Object Model`:
+
+Show as JSON Object Model
+=========================
+
+When the ``--show-only=json-v1`` command line option is given, the test
+information is output in JSON format.  Version 1.0 of the JSON object
+model is defined as follows:
+
+``kind``
+  The string "ctestInfo".
+
+``version``
+  A JSON object specifying the version components.  Its members are
+
+  ``major``
+    A non-negative integer specifying the major version component.
+  ``minor``
+    A non-negative integer specifying the minor version component.
+
+``backtraceGraph``
+    JSON object representing backtrace information with the
+    following members:
+
+    ``commands``
+      List of command names.
+    ``files``
+      List of file names.
+    ``nodes``
+      List of node JSON objects with members:
+
+      ``command``
+        Index into the ``commands`` member of the ``backtraceGraph``.
+      ``file``
+        Index into the ``files`` member of the ``backtraceGraph``.
+      ``line``
+        Line number in the file where the backtrace was added.
+      ``parent``
+        Index into the ``nodes`` member of the ``backtraceGraph``
+        representing the parent in the graph.
+
+``tests``
+  A JSON array listing information about each test.  Each entry
+  is a JSON object with members:
+
+  ``name``
+    Test name.
+  ``config``
+    Configuration that the test can run on.
+    Empty string means any config.
+  ``command``
+    List where the first element is the test command and the
+    remaining elements are the command arguments.
+  ``backtrace``
+    Index into the ``nodes`` member of the ``backtraceGraph``.
+  ``properties``
+    Test properties.
+    Can contain keys for each of the supported test properties.
+
 See Also
 ========
 
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/ctest-show-only-json-v1.rst b/Help/release/dev/ctest-show-only-json-v1.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ctest-show-only-json-v1
+-----------------------
+
+* :manual:`ctest(1)` gained a ``--show-only=json-v1`` option to show the
+  list of tests in a machine-readable JSON format.
+  See the :ref:`Show as JSON Object Model` section of the manual.