diff --git a/src/jsx.erl b/src/jsx.erl
index 88775ff..33e09d1 100644
--- a/src/jsx.erl
+++ b/src/jsx.erl
@@ -110,25 +110,30 @@ term_to_json(JSON, Opts) ->
     end.
 
 
--spec is_json(JSON::binary()) -> true | false.
+-spec is_json(JSON::binary()) -> true | false
+        ; (Terms::list(jsx_encodeable())) -> true | false.
 
 is_json(JSON) ->
     is_json(JSON, []).
     
 
--spec is_json(JSON::binary(), Opts::verify_opts()) -> true | false.
+-spec is_json(JSON::binary(), Opts::verify_opts()) -> true | false
+        ; (Terms::list(jsx_encodeable()), Opts::verify_opts()) -> true | false.
 
 is_json(JSON, Opts) ->
     jsx_verify:is_json(JSON, Opts).
 
 
--spec format(JSON::binary()) -> binary() | iolist().
+-spec format(JSON::binary()) -> binary() | iolist()
+        ; (Terms::list(jsx_encodeable())) -> binary() | iolist().
 
 format(JSON) ->
     format(JSON, []).
 
 
--spec format(JSON::binary(), Opts::format_opts()) -> binary() | iolist().
+-spec format(JSON::binary(), Opts::format_opts()) -> binary() | iolist()
+        ; (Terms::list(jsx_encodeable()), Opts::format_opts()) ->
+            binary() | iolist().
 
 format(JSON, Opts) ->
     jsx_format:format(JSON, Opts).
diff --git a/src/jsx_verify.erl b/src/jsx_verify.erl
index 192102f..bff3636 100644
--- a/src/jsx_verify.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_verify.erl
@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@
 
     
 -spec is_json(JSON::binary(), Opts::verify_opts()) -> true | false
+        ; (Terms::list(jsx_encodeable()), Opts::verify_opts()) -> true | false
         ; (F::jsx_iterator(), Opts::verify_opts()) -> true | false.
     
 is_json(JSON, OptsList) when is_binary(JSON) ->
     P = jsx:decoder(extract_parser_opts(OptsList)),
     is_json(fun() -> P(JSON) end, OptsList);
+is_json(Terms, OptsList) when is_list(Terms) ->
+    P = jsx:encoder(),
+    is_json(fun() -> P(Terms) end, OptsList);
 is_json(F, OptsList) when is_function(F) ->
     Opts = parse_opts(OptsList, #verify_opts{}),
     case Opts#verify_opts.naked_values of
@@ -222,7 +226,18 @@ naked_value_test_() ->
                 ) =:= false
             )
         }
-    ].    
+    ].
+    
+terms_test_() ->
+    [
+        {"terms",
+            ?_assert(is_json([start_object,
+                {key, "key"},
+                {string, "value"},
+                end_object
+            ], []) =:= true
+        )}
+    ].   
     
 -endif.