diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index e40f7ff..1a753b4 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 2.5 (Upcoming 2022)
 
 o Output annotations in JSON form with -list-annotations-json
-o Load annotations in JSON form with -add-annotations-json
 o Basic merging of AcroForms
 o Output bookmarks in JSON format with -list-bookmarks-json
 o Load bookmarks in JSON format with -add-bookmarks-json
diff --git a/cpdf.ml b/cpdf.ml
index d5dfac2..d41d65f 100644
--- a/cpdf.ml
+++ b/cpdf.ml
@@ -2621,9 +2621,22 @@ let list_page_annotations encoding pdf num page =
       iter (print_annotation encoding pdf num) (map (Pdf.direct pdf) annots)
   | _ -> ()
 
-let list_annotations encoding pdf =
+let annotations_json_page pdf page =
+  match Pdf.lookup_direct pdf "/Annots" page.Pdfpage.rest with
+  | Some (Pdf.Array annots) ->
+      map (Cpdfjson.json_of_object pdf (fun _ -> ()) false false) (map (Pdf.direct pdf) annots)
+  | _ -> []
+
+let list_annotations_json pdf =
+  let module J = Cpdfyojson.Safe in
+  let json = `List (flatten (map (annotations_json_page pdf) (Pdfpage.pages_of_pagetree pdf))) in
+    J.pretty_to_channel stdout json
+
+let list_annotations ~json encoding pdf =
   let range = Cpdfpagespec.parse_pagespec pdf "all" in
-  iter_pages (list_page_annotations encoding pdf) pdf range
+  if json
+    then list_annotations_json pdf
+    else iter_pages (list_page_annotations encoding pdf) pdf range
 
 let get_annotations encoding pdf =
   let pages = Pdfpage.pages_of_pagetree pdf in
diff --git a/cpdf.mli b/cpdf.mli
index 5e21c7b..4a8c2cb 100644
--- a/cpdf.mli
+++ b/cpdf.mli
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ val padmultiple : int -> Pdf.t -> Pdf.t
 (** {2 Annotations} *)
 
 (** List the annotations to standard output in a given encoding. See cpdfmanual.pdf for the format details. *)
-val list_annotations : encoding -> Pdf.t -> unit
+val list_annotations : json:bool -> encoding -> Pdf.t -> unit
 
 (** Return the annotations as a (pagenumber, content) list *)
 val get_annotations : encoding -> Pdf.t -> (int * string) list
diff --git a/cpdfcommand.ml b/cpdfcommand.ml
index 840edf4..4a894dc 100644
--- a/cpdfcommand.ml
+++ b/cpdfcommand.ml
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ let setlistbookmarksjson () =
   args.format_json <- true
 
 let setlistannotationsjson () =
-  setop ListBookmarks ();
+  setop ListAnnotations ();
   args.format_json <- true
 
 let setstampon f =
@@ -3839,7 +3839,7 @@ let go () =
       | _ -> error "copy-annotations: No input file specified"
       end
   | Some ListAnnotations ->
-      Cpdf.list_annotations args.encoding (get_single_pdf args.op true)
+      Cpdf.list_annotations ~json:args.format_json args.encoding (get_single_pdf args.op true)
   | Some Shift ->
       let pdf = get_single_pdf args.op false in
         let range = parse_pagespec_allow_empty pdf (get_pagespec ()) in
diff --git a/cpdfmanual.tex b/cpdfmanual.tex
index 32481ed..a70c2f0 100644
--- a/cpdfmanual.tex
+++ b/cpdfmanual.tex
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-%Document the new JSON format, -j and new -output-json options
+%Document the new JSON format, -j and new -output-json options including UTF8
 %Document -decrypt-force
 %Document -collate
 %Document -impose and friends (inc. 0-w, 0-h for long ones, how lines scale etc., undefined if pages different sizes)
 %Document -bookmarks-json including mentioning UTF8
-%Document -list-annotations-json and -add-annotations-json
+%Document -list-annotations-json
 
 \documentclass{book}
 % Edit here to produce cpdfmanual.pdf, cpdflibmanual.pdf, pycpdfmanual.pdf etc.