diff --git a/stdlib/2/json.pyi b/stdlib/2/json.pyi
index 9cc151b27f34..930d2de7a4d7 100644
--- a/stdlib/2/json.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2/json.pyi
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 from typing import Any, IO, Optional, Tuple, Callable, Dict, List, Union, Text, Protocol
 
+# documentation for return type: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/json.html#json-to-py-table
+_LoadsReturnType = Union[Dict[Any,Any], List[Any], str, int, float, None]
+
 class JSONDecodeError(ValueError):
     def dumps(self, obj: Any) -> str: ...
     def dump(self, obj: Any, fp: IO[str], *args: Any, **kwds: Any) -> None: ...
-    def loads(self, s: str) -> Any: ...
-    def load(self, fp: IO[str]) -> Any: ...
+    def loads(self, s: str) -> _LoadsReturnType: ...
+    def load(self, fp: IO[str]) -> _LoadsReturnType: ...
 
 def dumps(obj: Any,
           skipkeys: bool = ...,
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ def loads(s: Union[Text, bytes],
           parse_int: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
           parse_constant: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
           object_pairs_hook: Optional[Callable[[List[Tuple[Any, Any]]], Any]] = ...,
-          **kwds: Any) -> Any: ...
+          **kwds: Any) -> _LoadsReturnType: ...
 
 class _Reader(Protocol):
     def read(self) -> Union[Text, bytes]: ...
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ def load(fp: _Reader,
          parse_int: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
          parse_constant: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
          object_pairs_hook: Optional[Callable[[List[Tuple[Any, Any]]], Any]] = ...,
-         **kwds: Any) -> Any: ...
+         **kwds: Any) -> _LoadsReturnType: ...
 
 class JSONDecoder(object):
     def __init__(self,
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ class JSONDecoder(object):
                  parse_constant: Callable[[str], Any] = ...,
                  strict: bool = ...,
                  object_pairs_hook: Callable[..., Any] = ...) -> None: ...
-    def decode(self, s: Union[Text, bytes], _w: Any = ...) -> Any: ...
+    def decode(self, s: Union[Text, bytes], _w: Any = ...) -> _LoadsReturnType: ...
     def raw_decode(self, s: Union[Text, bytes], idx: int = ...) -> Tuple[Any, Any]: ...
 
 class JSONEncoder(object):
diff --git a/stdlib/3/json/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/3/json/__init__.pyi
index 620b239b46c8..7e1adc016ef8 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/json/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/json/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Any, IO, Optional, Tuple, Callable, Dict, List, Union, Protocol
 
-from .decoder import JSONDecoder as JSONDecoder
+from .decoder import JSONDecoder as JSONDecoder, _LoadsReturnType
 from .encoder import JSONEncoder as JSONEncoder
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
     from .decoder import JSONDecodeError as JSONDecodeError
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def loads(s: _LoadsString,
           parse_int: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
           parse_constant: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
           object_pairs_hook: Optional[Callable[[List[Tuple[Any, Any]]], Any]] = ...,
-          **kwds: Any) -> Any: ...
+          **kwds: Any) -> _LoadsReturnType: ...
 
 class _Reader(Protocol):
     def read(self) -> _LoadsString: ...
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ def load(fp: _Reader,
          parse_int: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
          parse_constant: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
          object_pairs_hook: Optional[Callable[[List[Tuple[Any, Any]]], Any]] = ...,
-         **kwds: Any) -> Any: ...
+         **kwds: Any) -> _LoadsReturnType: ...
diff --git a/stdlib/3/json/decoder.pyi b/stdlib/3/json/decoder.pyi
index 8e30c1e73359..e8dca9596edc 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/json/decoder.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/json/decoder.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
     class JSONDecodeError(ValueError):
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
         colno: int
         def __init__(self, msg: str, doc: str, pos: int) -> None: ...
 
+# documentation for return type: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/json.html#json-to-py-table
+_LoadsReturnType = Union[Dict[Any,Any], List[Any], str, int, float, None]
+
 class JSONDecoder:
     object_hook: Callable[[Dict[str, Any]], Any]
     parse_float: Callable[[str], Any]
@@ -24,5 +27,5 @@ class JSONDecoder:
                  parse_constant: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
                  strict: bool = ...,
                  object_pairs_hook: Optional[Callable[[List[Tuple[str, Any]]], Any]] = ...) -> None: ...
-    def decode(self, s: str) -> Any: ...
+    def decode(self, s: str) -> _LoadsReturnType: ...
     def raw_decode(self, s: str, idx: int = ...) -> Tuple[Any, int]: ...