diff --git a/docarray/base_doc/doc.py b/docarray/base_doc/doc.py
index 4457859360d..86705302108 100644
--- a/docarray/base_doc/doc.py
+++ b/docarray/base_doc/doc.py
@@ -300,3 +300,5 @@ def dict(
                 data[field] = [doc.dict() for doc in getattr(self, field)]
 
         return data
+
+    to_json = json