diff --git a/src/librustdoc/display.rs b/src/librustdoc/display.rs
index 550be1ae89588..e571ffd43dff3 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/display.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/display.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Various utilities for working with [`fmt::Display`] implementations.
 
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter, FormattingOptions};
+use std::io;
 
 pub(crate) trait Joined: IntoIterator {
     /// Takes an iterator over elements that implement [`Display`], and format them into `f`, separated by `sep`.
@@ -128,3 +129,37 @@ impl WithOpts {
         })
     }
 }
+
+pub(crate) struct IoWriteToFmt<'a, 'b> {
+    f: &'a mut Formatter<'b>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b> IoWriteToFmt<'a, 'b> {
+    pub(crate) fn new(f: &'a mut Formatter<'b>) -> Self {
+        Self { f }
+    }
+}
+
+impl io::Write for IoWriteToFmt<'_, '_> {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let Ok(s) = str::from_utf8(buf) else {
+            return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "invalid utf8"));
+        };
+        self.f.write_str(s).map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e)).map(|_| buf.len())
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn write_fmt(&mut self, args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.f.write_fmt(args).map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn fmt_json<T: ?Sized + serde::Serialize>(
+    f: &mut Formatter<'_>,
+    value: &T,
+) -> serde_json::Result<()> {
+    serde_json::to_writer(IoWriteToFmt::new(f), value)
+}
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs b/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
index 481aa392007c8..dbd4c0006c18a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::process::{self, Command, Stdio};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-use std::{panic, str};
+use std::{fmt, panic, str};
 
 pub(crate) use make::{BuildDocTestBuilder, DocTestBuilder};
 pub(crate) use markdown::test as test_markdown;
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use tracing::debug;
 
 use self::rust::HirCollector;
 use crate::config::{Options as RustdocOptions, OutputFormat};
+use crate::display::fmt_json;
 use crate::html::markdown::{ErrorCodes, Ignore, LangString, MdRelLine};
 use crate::lint::init_lints;
 
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ pub(crate) fn run(dcx: DiagCtxtHandle<'_>, input: Input, options: RustdocOptions
                 .unwrap_or("warn")
                 .to_string();
             let uext = UnusedExterns { lint_level, unused_extern_names };
-            let unused_extern_json = serde_json::to_string(&uext).unwrap();
+            let unused_extern_json = fmt::from_fn(|f| Ok(fmt_json(f, &uext).unwrap()));
             eprintln!("{unused_extern_json}");
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/context.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/context.rs
index 4c06d0da47013..301ad6110a64d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/context.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use crate::clean::types::ExternalLocation;
 use crate::clean::utils::has_doc_flag;
 use crate::clean::{self, ExternalCrate};
 use crate::config::{ModuleSorting, RenderOptions, ShouldMerge};
+use crate::display::fmt_json;
 use crate::docfs::{DocFS, PathError};
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::formats::FormatRenderer;
@@ -826,7 +827,10 @@ impl<'tcx> FormatRenderer<'tcx> for Context<'tcx> {
             };
             let items = self.build_sidebar_items(module);
             let js_dst = self.dst.join(format!("sidebar-items{}.js", self.shared.resource_suffix));
-            let v = format!("window.SIDEBAR_ITEMS = {};", serde_json::to_string(&items).unwrap());
+            let v = format!(
+                "window.SIDEBAR_ITEMS = {};",
+                fmt::from_fn(|f| Ok(fmt_json(f, &items).unwrap()))
+            );
             self.shared.fs.write(js_dst, v)?;
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
index 871ed53bd3380..f5f01278cfdcf 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub(crate) use self::context::*;
 pub(crate) use self::span_map::{LinkFromSrc, collect_spans_and_sources};
 pub(crate) use self::write_shared::*;
 use crate::clean::{self, ItemId, RenderedLink};
-use crate::display::{Joined as _, MaybeDisplay as _};
+use crate::display::{Joined as _, MaybeDisplay as _, fmt_json};
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::formats::Impl;
 use crate::formats::cache::Cache;
@@ -1730,10 +1730,14 @@ fn notable_traits_decl(ty: &clean::Type, cx: &Context<'_>) -> (String, String) {
     (format!("{:#}", print_type(ty, cx)), out)
 }
 
-fn notable_traits_json<'a>(tys: impl Iterator<Item = &'a clean::Type>, cx: &Context<'_>) -> String {
+fn notable_traits_json<'a>(
+    f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>,
+    tys: impl Iterator<Item = &'a clean::Type>,
+    cx: &Context<'_>,
+) {
     let mut mp = tys.map(|ty| notable_traits_decl(ty, cx)).collect::<IndexMap<_, _>>();
     mp.sort_unstable_keys();
-    serde_json::to_string(&mp).expect("serialize (string, string) -> json object cannot fail")
+    fmt_json(f, &mp).expect("serialize (string, string) -> json object cannot fail");
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
index fa7c9e75fdac4..77d85a03a0e8f 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
@@ -269,11 +269,9 @@ pub(super) fn print_item(cx: &Context<'_>, item: &clean::Item) -> impl fmt::Disp
         // Render notable-traits.js used for all methods in this module.
         let mut types_with_notable_traits = cx.types_with_notable_traits.borrow_mut();
         if !types_with_notable_traits.is_empty() {
-            write!(
-                buf,
-                r#"<script type="text/json" id="notable-traits-data">{}</script>"#,
-                notable_traits_json(types_with_notable_traits.iter(), cx),
-            )?;
+            write!(buf, r#"<script type="text/json" id="notable-traits-data">"#)?;
+            notable_traits_json(buf, types_with_notable_traits.iter(), cx);
+            write!(buf, "</script>")?;
             types_with_notable_traits.clear();
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs
index 66d8b667a4cad..c45226e4cd27c 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Calculates information used for the --show-coverage flag.
 
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::ops;
+use std::{fmt, ops};
 
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_lint::builtin::MISSING_DOCS;
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::clean;
 use crate::core::DocContext;
+use crate::display::fmt_json;
 use crate::html::markdown::{ErrorCodes, find_testable_code};
 use crate::passes::Pass;
 use crate::passes::check_doc_test_visibility::{Tests, should_have_doc_example};
@@ -119,15 +120,17 @@ fn limit_filename_len(filename: String) -> String {
 }
 
 impl CoverageCalculator<'_, '_> {
-    fn to_json(&self) -> String {
-        serde_json::to_string(
-            &self
+    fn to_json(&self) -> impl fmt::Display {
+        fmt::from_fn(|f| {
+            let map = &self
                 .items
                 .iter()
                 .map(|(k, v)| (k.prefer_local().to_string(), v))
-                .collect::<BTreeMap<String, &ItemCount>>(),
-        )
-        .expect("failed to convert JSON data to string")
+                .collect::<BTreeMap<_, &ItemCount>>();
+
+            fmt_json(f, &map).expect("failed to convert JSON data to string");
+            Ok(())
+        })
     }
 
     fn print_results(&self) {