diff --git a/pandas/io/json/_json.py b/pandas/io/json/_json.py
index 335d510666a1f..80d2f9eda7ce5 100644
--- a/pandas/io/json/_json.py
+++ b/pandas/io/json/_json.py
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ def read_json(
         - ``'index'`` : dict like ``{{index -> {{column -> value}}}}``
         - ``'columns'`` : dict like ``{{column -> {{index -> value}}}}``
         - ``'values'`` : just the values array
+        - ``'table'`` : dict like ``{{'schema': {{schema}}, 'data': {{data}}}}``
 
         The allowed and default values depend on the value
         of the `typ` parameter.