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@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ Using json.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print::
     $ echo '{1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool
     Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 2 (char 1)
 
+See :ref:`json-commandline` for detailed documentation.
+
 .. highlight:: python3
 
 .. note::
@@ -588,6 +590,68 @@ when serializing Python :class:`int` values of extremely large magnitude, or
 when serializing instances of "exotic" numerical types such as
 :class:`decimal.Decimal`.
 
+.. highlight:: bash
+.. module:: json.tool
+
+.. _json-commandline:
+
+Command Line Interface
+----------------------
+
+The :mod:`json.tool` module provides a simple command line interface to validate
+and pretty-print JSON objects.
+
+If the optional ``infile`` and ``outfile`` arguments are not
+specified, :attr:`sys.stdin` and :attr:`sys.stdout` will be used respectively::
+
+    $ echo '{"json": "obj"}' | python -m json.tool
+    {
+        "json": "obj"
+    }
+    $ echo '{1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool
+    Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 2 (char 1)
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.5
+   The output is now in the same order as the input. Use the
+   :option:`--sort-keys` option to sort the output of dictionaries
+   alphabetically by key.
+
+Command line options
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. cmdoption:: infile
+
+   The JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed::
+
+      $ python -m json.tool mp_films.json
+      [
+          {
+              "title": "And Now for Something Completely Different",
+              "year": 1971
+          },
+          {
+              "title": "Monty Python and the Holy Grail",
+              "year": 1975
+          }
+      ]
+
+   If *infile* is not specified, read from :attr:`sys.stdin`.
+
+.. cmdoption:: outfile
+
+   Write the output of the *infile* to the given *outfile*. Otherwise, write it
+   to :attr:`sys.stdout`.
+
+.. cmdoption:: --sort-keys
+
+   Sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+.. cmdoption:: -h, --help
+
+   Show the help message.
+
 
 .. rubric:: Footnotes