3 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/json/decode.go b/src/encoding/json/decode.go
index a7ff8cf3dc..434edf8ea4 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/decode.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/decode.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error {
 	return d.unmarshal(v)
 }
 
-// Unmarshaler is the interface implemented by objects
+// Unmarshaler is the interface implemented by types
 // that can unmarshal a JSON description of themselves.
 // The input can be assumed to be a valid encoding of
 // a JSON value. UnmarshalJSON must copy the JSON data
diff --git a/src/encoding/json/encode.go b/src/encoding/json/encode.go
index 927f47b179..0088f25ab8 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/encode.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/encode.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Package json implements encoding and decoding of JSON objects as defined in
-// RFC 4627. The mapping between JSON objects and Go values is described
+// Package json implements encoding and decoding of JSON as defined in
+// RFC 4627. The mapping between JSON and Go values is described
 // in the documentation for the Marshal and Unmarshal functions.
 //
 // See "JSON and Go" for an introduction to this package:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import (
 //
 // Array and slice values encode as JSON arrays, except that
 // []byte encodes as a base64-encoded string, and a nil slice
-// encodes as the null JSON object.
+// encodes as the null JSON value.
 //
 // Struct values encode as JSON objects. Each exported struct field
 // becomes a member of the object unless
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ import (
 // keys, subject to the UTF-8 coercion described for string values above.
 //
 // Pointer values encode as the value pointed to.
-// A nil pointer encodes as the null JSON object.
+// A nil pointer encodes as the null JSON value.
 //
 // Interface values encode as the value contained in the interface.
-// A nil interface value encodes as the null JSON object.
+// A nil interface value encodes as the null JSON value.
 //
 // Channel, complex, and function values cannot be encoded in JSON.
 // Attempting to encode such a value causes Marshal to return
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func HTMLEscape(dst *bytes.Buffer, src []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Marshaler is the interface implemented by objects that
+// Marshaler is the interface implemented by types that
 // can marshal themselves into valid JSON.
 type Marshaler interface {
 	MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error)
diff --git a/src/encoding/json/stream.go b/src/encoding/json/stream.go
index b740d32a7d..422837bb63 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/stream.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/stream.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )
 
-// A Decoder reads and decodes JSON objects from an input stream.
+// A Decoder reads and decodes JSON values from an input stream.
 type Decoder struct {
 	r     io.Reader
 	buf   []byte
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func nonSpace(b []byte) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// An Encoder writes JSON objects to an output stream.
+// An Encoder writes JSON values to an output stream.
 type Encoder struct {
 	w   io.Writer
 	err error
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ func (enc *Encoder) Encode(v interface{}) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// Indent sets the encoder to format each encoded object with Indent.
+// Indent sets the encoder to format each encoded value with Indent.
 func (enc *Encoder) Indent(prefix, indent string) {
 	enc.indentBuf = new(bytes.Buffer)
 	enc.indentPrefix = prefix
 	enc.indentValue = indent
 }
 
-// RawMessage is a raw encoded JSON object.
+// RawMessage is a raw encoded JSON value.
 // It implements Marshaler and Unmarshaler and can
 // be used to delay JSON decoding or precompute a JSON encoding.
 type RawMessage []byte