From: emkornfield <emkornfield@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 18:56:35 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Document JSON compatibility guarantees. (#5704)
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Document JSON compatibility guarantees. (#5704)

https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues/5688
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diff --git a/docs/source/CppUsage.md b/docs/source/CppUsage.md
index 247b4f8..7f08e71 100644
--- a/docs/source/CppUsage.md
+++ b/docs/source/CppUsage.md
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ it, this will provide you an easy way to use that data directly.
 (see the schema documentation for some specifics on the JSON format
 accepted).
 
+Schema evolution compatibility for the JSON format follows the same rules as the binary format (JSON formatted data will be forwards/backwards compatible with schemas that evolve in a compatible way).
+
 There are two ways to use text formats:
 
 #### Using the compiler as a conversion tool