diff --git a/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/impl/JsonObjectParser.scala b/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/impl/JsonObjectParser.scala
index 369835419c..f3431cb909 100644
--- a/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/impl/JsonObjectParser.scala
+++ b/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/impl/JsonObjectParser.scala
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ import pekko.util.ByteString
  * INTERNAL API: Use [[pekko.stream.scaladsl.JsonFraming]] instead.
  *
  * **Mutable** framing implementation that given any number of [[pekko.util.ByteString]] chunks, can emit JSON objects contained within them.
- * Typically JSON objects are separated by new-lines or commas, however a top-level JSON Array can also be understood and chunked up
- * into valid JSON objects by this framing implementation.
+ * Typically JSON objects are separated by newlines or commas. A top-level JSON array is supported as a container
+ * of objects, but top-level non-object values are not supported.
  *
  * Leading whitespace between elements will be trimmed.
  */
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ import pekko.util.ByteString
 
   /**
    * Attempt to locate next complete JSON object in buffered ByteString and returns `Some(it)` if found.
-   * May throw a [[pekko.stream.scaladsl.Framing.FramingException]] if the contained JSON is invalid or max object size is exceeded.
+   * May throw a [[pekko.stream.scaladsl.Framing.FramingException]] if content outside an object is not an array
+   * delimiter, comma, or whitespace, or if the max object size is exceeded.
    */
   def poll(): Option[ByteString] =
     try {
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ import pekko.util.ByteString
         throw new FramingException(s"Invalid JSON encountered at position [$pos] of [${ByteString(buffer).utf8String}]")
     }
 
-  /** @return true if an entire valid JSON object was found, false otherwise */
+  /** @return true if an entire JSON object was found, false otherwise */
   private def seekObject(): Boolean = {
     completedObject = false
     val bufSize = buffer.length
diff --git a/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/javadsl/JsonFraming.scala b/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/javadsl/JsonFraming.scala
index 545715c828..04f01a66e8 100644
--- a/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/javadsl/JsonFraming.scala
+++ b/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/javadsl/JsonFraming.scala
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@ import org.apache.pekko
 import pekko.NotUsed
 import pekko.util.ByteString
 
-/** Provides JSON framing operators that can separate valid JSON objects from incoming [[pekko.util.ByteString]] objects. */
+/** Provides JSON framing operators that can separate JSON objects from incoming [[pekko.util.ByteString]] objects. */
 object JsonFraming {
 
   /**
-   * Returns a Flow that implements a "brace counting" based framing operator for emitting valid JSON chunks.
+   * Returns a Flow that implements a "brace counting" based framing operator for emitting JSON objects.
+   *
+   * This operator only frames JSON objects; it is not a general-purpose JSON parser and does not validate the
+   * object contents. A top-level JSON array is supported only when all its elements are objects. Other top-level JSON
+   * values, such as strings, numbers, booleans, or `null`, are not supported. JSON Lines or NDJSON input is supported
+   * when every record is an object. A leading UTF-8 byte-order mark (BOM) must be removed before framing.
    *
    * Typical examples of data that one may want to frame using this operator include:
    *
@@ -36,10 +41,13 @@ object JsonFraming {
    *   {"id": 1}, {"id": 2}, [...], {"id": 999}
    * }}}
    *
-   * The framing works independently of formatting, i.e. it will still emit valid JSON elements even if two
+   * The framing works independently of formatting, i.e. it will still emit JSON objects even if two
    * elements are separated by multiple newlines or other whitespace characters. And of course is insensitive
    * (and does not impact the emitting frame) to the JSON object's internal formatting.
    *
+   * For streaming nested JSON structures, see
+   * <a href="https://pekko.apache.org/docs/pekko-connectors/current/data-transformations/json.html">Apache Pekko Connectors JSON support</a>.
+   *
    * @param maximumObjectLength The maximum length of allowed frames while decoding. If the maximum length is exceeded
    *                            this Flow will fail the stream.
    */
diff --git a/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/scaladsl/JsonFraming.scala b/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/scaladsl/JsonFraming.scala
index b77470ff70..7f57d54425 100644
--- a/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/scaladsl/JsonFraming.scala
+++ b/stream/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/scaladsl/JsonFraming.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import pekko.stream.scaladsl.Framing.FramingException
 import pekko.stream.stage.{ GraphStageLogic, InHandler, OutHandler }
 import pekko.util.ByteString
 
-/** Provides JSON framing operators that can separate valid JSON objects from incoming [[pekko.util.ByteString]] objects. */
+/** Provides JSON framing operators that can separate JSON objects from incoming [[pekko.util.ByteString]] objects. */
 object JsonFraming {
 
   /** Thrown if upstream completes with a partial object in the buffer. */
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ object JsonFraming {
       extends FramingException(msg)
 
   /**
-   * Returns a Flow that implements a "brace counting" based framing operator for emitting valid JSON chunks.
-   * It scans the incoming data stream for valid JSON objects and returns chunks of ByteStrings containing only those valid chunks.
+   * Returns a Flow that implements a "brace counting" based framing operator for emitting JSON objects.
+   * It scans the incoming data stream for JSON objects and returns chunks of ByteStrings containing those objects.
+   *
+   * This operator only frames JSON objects; it is not a general-purpose JSON parser and does not validate the
+   * object contents. A top-level JSON array is supported only when all its elements are objects. Other top-level JSON
+   * values, such as strings, numbers, booleans, or `null`, are not supported. JSON Lines or NDJSON input is supported
+   * when every record is an object. A leading UTF-8 byte-order mark (BOM) must be removed before framing.
    *
    * Typical examples of data that one may want to frame using this operator include:
    *
@@ -48,10 +53,13 @@ object JsonFraming {
    *   {"id": 1}, {"id": 2}, [...], {"id": 999}
    * }}}
    *
-   * The framing works independently of formatting, i.e. it will still emit valid JSON elements even if two
+   * The framing works independently of formatting, i.e. it will still emit JSON objects even if two
    * elements are separated by multiple newlines or other whitespace characters. And of course is insensitive
    * (and does not impact the emitting frame) to the JSON object's internal formatting.
    *
+   * For streaming nested JSON structures, see
+   * <a href="https://pekko.apache.org/docs/pekko-connectors/current/data-transformations/json.html">Apache Pekko Connectors JSON support</a>.
+   *
    * If the stream completes while mid-object, the stage will fail with a [[PartialObjectException]].
    *
    * @param maximumObjectLength The maximum length of allowed frames while decoding. If the maximum length is exceeded