diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 030282f3e..553949857 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.95" # remember to update html_root_url
+version = "1.0.96" # remember to update html_root_url
 authors = ["Erick Tryzelaar <erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com>", "David Tolnay <dtolnay@gmail.com>"]
 categories = ["encoding", "parser-implementations", "no-std"]
 description = "A JSON serialization file format"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 95242d40b..637d1ce2f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 //! [macro]: crate::json
 //! [`serde-json-core`]: https://github.com/rust-embedded-community/serde-json-core
 
-#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/serde_json/1.0.95")]
+#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/serde_json/1.0.96")]
 // Ignored clippy lints
 #![allow(
     clippy::collapsible_else_if,
diff --git a/src/ser.rs b/src/ser.rs
index 80c2deb0c..b38f3486b 100644
--- a/src/ser.rs
+++ b/src/ser.rs
@@ -2064,6 +2064,8 @@ static ESCAPE: [u8; 256] = [
 
 /// Serialize the given data structure as JSON into the IO stream.
 ///
+/// Serialization guarantees it only feeds valid UTF-8 sequences to the writer.
+///
 /// # Errors
 ///
 /// Serialization can fail if `T`'s implementation of `Serialize` decides to
@@ -2082,6 +2084,8 @@ where
 /// Serialize the given data structure as pretty-printed JSON into the IO
 /// stream.
 ///
+/// Serialization guarantees it only feeds valid UTF-8 sequences to the writer.
+///
 /// # Errors
 ///
 /// Serialization can fail if `T`'s implementation of `Serialize` decides to
diff --git a/tests/regression/issue1004.rs b/tests/regression/issue1004.rs
index 3f5bd96aa..c09fb9610 100644
--- a/tests/regression/issue1004.rs
+++ b/tests/regression/issue1004.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #[test]
 fn test() {
     let float = 5.55f32;
-    let value = serde_json::to_value(&float).unwrap();
+    let value = serde_json::to_value(float).unwrap();
     let json = serde_json::to_string(&value).unwrap();
 
     // If the f32 were cast to f64 by Value before serialization, then this