diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 2f71aaed1a..cd0b3eeac3 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def post(url, data=None, json=None, **kwargs):
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param data: (optional) Dictionary, list of tuples, 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 \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     :return: :class:`Response <Response>` object
     :rtype: requests.Response
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def put(url, data=None, **kwargs):
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param data: (optional) Dictionary, list of tuples, 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 \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     :return: :class:`Response <Response>` object
     :rtype: requests.Response
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def patch(url, data=None, **kwargs):
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param data: (optional) Dictionary, list of tuples, 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 \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     :return: :class:`Response <Response>` object
     :rtype: requests.Response