diff --git a/pandas/io/json/_json.py b/pandas/io/json/_json.py
index 703a2b3656c9c..e032e26d771d7 100644
--- a/pandas/io/json/_json.py
+++ b/pandas/io/json/_json.py
@@ -520,6 +520,12 @@ def read_json(
     """
     Convert a JSON string to pandas object.
 
+    This method reads JSON files or JSON-like data and converts them into pandas
+    objects. It supports a variety of input formats, including line-delimited JSON,
+    compressed files, and various data representations (table, records, index-based,
+    etc.). When `chunksize` is specified, an iterator is returned instead of loading
+    the entire data into memory.
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     path_or_buf : a str path, path object or file-like object