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Clarify JSON request errors: 400 vs 415 #5866

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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions docs/patterns/javascript.rst
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Expand Up @@ -244,8 +244,9 @@ Receiving JSON in Views

Use the :attr:`~flask.Request.json` property of the
:data:`~flask.request` object to decode the request's body as JSON. If
the body is not valid JSON, or the ``Content-Type`` header is not set to
``application/json``, a 400 Bad Request error will be raised.
the body is not valid JSON, a 400 Bad Request error will be raised. If
the ``Content-Type`` header is not set to ``application/json``, a 415
Unsupported Media Type error will be raised.

.. code-block:: python

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