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diff --git a/Lib/json/__init__.py b/Lib/json/__init__.py
index f54bd4e..d6a45d3 100644
--- a/Lib/json/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/json/__init__.py
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Compact encoding::
Pretty printing::
>>> import json
- >>> s = json.dumps({'4': 5, '6': 7}, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
- >>> print '\n'.join([l.rstrip() for l in s.splitlines()])
+ >>> print json.dumps({'4': 5, '6': 7}, sort_keys=True,
+ ... indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
{
"4": 5,
"6": 7
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and
object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent
level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact
- representation.
+ representation. Since the default item separator is ``', '``, the
+ output might include trailing whitespace when ``indent`` is specified.
+ You can use ``separators=(',', ': ')`` to avoid this.
If ``separators`` is an ``(item_separator, dict_separator)`` tuple
then it will be used instead of the default ``(', ', ': ')`` separators.
@@ -212,7 +214,9 @@ def dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and
object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent
level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact
- representation.
+ representation. Since the default item separator is ``', '``, the
+ output might include trailing whitespace when ``indent`` is specified.
+ You can use ``separators=(',', ': ')`` to avoid this.
If ``separators`` is an ``(item_separator, dict_separator)`` tuple
then it will be used instead of the default ``(', ', ': ')`` separators.