to release the reference.
Normally, all functions accepting a JSON value as an argument will
-nmanage the reference, i.e. increase and decrease the reference count
+manage the reference, i.e. increase and decrease the reference count
as needed. However, some functions **steal** the reference, i.e. they
have the same result as if the user called :cfunc:`json_decref()` on
the argument right after calling the function. These are usually