diff --git a/stdlib/3/json/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/3/json/__init__.pyi
index 2f6374e3b..fe8569734 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/json/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/json/__init__.pyi
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from .encoder import JSONEncoder as JSONEncoder
 from .decoder import JSONDecodeError as JSONDecodeError
 
 def dumps(obj: Any,
+          *,
           skipkeys: bool = ...,
           ensure_ascii: bool = ...,
           check_circular: bool = ...,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ def dumps(obj: Any,
 
 def dump(obj: Any,
          fp: IO[str],
+         *,
          skipkeys: bool = ...,
          ensure_ascii: bool = ...,
          check_circular: bool = ...,
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 6):
 else:
     _LoadsString = str
 def loads(s: _LoadsString,
-          encoding: Any = ...,  # ignored and deprecated
+          *,
           cls: Optional[Type[JSONDecoder]] = ...,
           object_hook: Optional[Callable[[Dict[Any, Any]], Any]] = ...,
           parse_float: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ class _Reader(Protocol):
     def read(self) -> _LoadsString: ...
 
 def load(fp: _Reader,
+         *,
          cls: Optional[Type[JSONDecoder]] = ...,
          object_hook: Optional[Callable[[Dict[Any, Any]], Any]] = ...,
          parse_float: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = ...,
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py35.txt b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py35.txt
index a0d6dbbcd..809324c11 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py35.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py35.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ io.BufferedRandom.read1
 io.BufferedReader.read1
 io.StringIO.readline
 ipaddress._BaseNetwork.__init__
+json.dump
+json.dumps
+json.load
+json.loads
 macpath.basename
 macpath.commonpath
 macpath.commonprefix
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py36.txt b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py36.txt
index c80f09a9e..20c4d09af 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py36.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py36.txt
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ io.BufferedRandom.read1
 io.BufferedReader.read1
 io.StringIO.readline
 ipaddress._BaseNetwork.__init__
-json.dump
-json.dumps
-json.load
-json.loads
 logging.handlers.MemoryHandler.__init__
 macpath.basename
 macpath.commonpath
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py37.txt b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py37.txt
index 8acba2f28..f8b5e6a46 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py37.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py37.txt
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ http.client.HTTPSConnection.__init__
 http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.__init__
 importlib.metadata
 ipaddress._BaseNetwork.__init__
-json.dump
-json.dumps
-json.load
-json.loads
 logging.handlers.MemoryHandler.__init__
 macpath.basename
 macpath.commonpath
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py38.txt b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py38.txt
index 29e4c7d98..22b370fdc 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py38.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py38.txt
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ ipaddress.IPv6Interface.hostmask
 ipaddress._BaseNetwork.broadcast_address
 ipaddress._BaseNetwork.hostmask
 itertools.tee
-json.dump
-json.dumps
-json.load
-json.loads
 logging.handlers.MemoryHandler.__init__
 lzma.LZMACompressor.compress
 lzma.is_check_supported