SJ-PT-23-03: Backport integer string length limitation to limit quadratic parsing

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diff --git a/index.rst b/index.rst
index fbb52b5..a10ccb7 100644
--- a/index.rst
+++ b/index.rst
@@ -412,6 +412,13 @@ Basic Usage
     be used to use another datatype or parser for JSON integers
     (e.g. :class:`float`).
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 3.19.0
+        The integer to string conversion length limitation introduced in
+        Python 3.11 has been backported. An attempt to parse an integer
+        with more than 4300 digits will result in an exception unless a
+        suitable alternative parser is specified
+        (e.g. :class:`decimal.Decimal`)
+
     *parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the following
     strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``.  This can be used to
     raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers are encountered.
@@ -502,6 +509,13 @@ Encoders and decoders
    be used to use another datatype or parser for JSON integers
    (e.g. :class:`float`).
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 3.19.0
+        The integer to string conversion length limitation introduced in
+        Python 3.11 has been backported. An attempt to parse an integer
+        with more than 4300 digits will result in an exception unless a
+        suitable alternative parser is specified
+        (e.g. :class:`decimal.Decimal`)
+
    *parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the following
    strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``.  This can be used to
    raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers are encountered.