diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 83eb58787a..34959dd6f1 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Exceptions
 .. autoexception:: requests.ConnectTimeout
 .. autoexception:: requests.ReadTimeout
 .. autoexception:: requests.Timeout
+.. autoexception:: requests.JSONDecodeError
 
 
 Request Sessions