diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/accept.md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/accept.md
index 5aa1fc93d..322350130 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/accept.md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/accept.md
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ input's own copy (for inputs that are always read into a buffer) throws.
 
 Linear in the length of the input.
 
+## Notes
+
+An integer argument that is not a `#!cpp bool` where the flags are expected, such as `#!cpp accept(ptr, len)`, does not
+compile; see [`parse`](parse.md#notes).
+
 ## Examples
 
 ??? example
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/parse.md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/parse.md
index a3c44f4e0..7c46e17ea 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/parse.md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/parse.md
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ See [`owns_source`](owns_source.md) to check which happened after a call, and th
 **Numbers.** As for [`BasicJsonType::parse()`](../basic_json/parse.md), an integer literal too large for the 64-bit
 integer type becomes a floating-point value.
 
+**No lengths.** An integer argument that is not a `#!cpp bool` where the flags are expected -- for example
+`#!cpp parse(ptr, len)` -- does not compile (the overload is deleted). Such a call would convert `len` to
+`allow_exceptions` and read `ptr` as a null-terminated string, past the end of a buffer that has none. To parse a
+buffer of a given length, pass a pair of pointers: `#!cpp parse(ptr, ptr + len)`. The same holds for
+[`parse_copy`](parse_copy.md), [`accept`](accept.md), and [`read`](read.md).
+
 ## Examples
 
 ??? example "Example: (1) borrowed vs. owned input, and errors identical to `BasicJsonType::parse()`"
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/parse_copy.md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/parse_copy.md
index ed4714d22..7cb51ad02 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/parse_copy.md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/parse_copy.md
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ Linear in the length of the input.
 only differs in that the input is always copied rather than sometimes borrowed. Prefer [`parse()`](parse.md) when the
 input's lifetime already covers the document's, since it avoids the copy for borrowed inputs.
 
+An integer argument that is not a `#!cpp bool` where the flags are expected, such as `#!cpp parse_copy(ptr, len)`, does not
+compile; see [`parse`](parse.md#notes).
+
 ## Examples
 
 ??? example
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/read.md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/read.md
index 2267e46bd..ff37014bd 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/read.md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/read.md
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ whether or not the new parse succeeds; take fresh views from [`root()`](root.md)
 `input` is borrowed or owned by the same rules as [`parse()`](parse.md#notes); a document can borrow on one call and
 own on the next, since ownership is decided freshly each time.
 
+An integer argument that is not a `#!cpp bool` where the flags are expected, such as `#!cpp read(ptr, len)`, does not
+compile; see [`parse`](parse.md#notes).
+
 ## Examples
 
 ??? example
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/input.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/input.hpp
index e8a5e3148..3fafa2ecf 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/input.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/input.hpp
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ struct classify_input
     // NOLINTEND(readability-avoid-nested-conditional-operator)
 };
 
+/// an integer type other than bool: a length passed where a flag is expected
+template<typename T>
+struct is_integer_not_bool : std::is_integral<T> {};
+
+template<>
+struct is_integer_not_bool<bool> : std::false_type {};
+
 /// std::basic_string guarantees a NUL at data()[size()] (the parser's sentinel)
 template<typename T>
 struct is_std_string : std::false_type {};
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
index 5aec36ef9..178020cbb 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
@@ -291,6 +291,13 @@ class basic_json_document
         return d;
     }
 
+    /// parse(ptr, len) does not compile: len would convert to allow_exceptions
+    /// and ptr be read as a C string (as for the overloads of parse_copy,
+    /// accept, and read below)
+    template<typename InputType, typename IntegerType, typename... Flags>
+    static typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_integer_not_bool<IntegerType>::value, basic_json_document>::type
+    parse(InputType&& input, IntegerType value, Flags&&... flags) = delete;
+
     /// parse [first, last)
     template<typename IteratorType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_base_of<std::input_iterator_tag, typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::iterator_category>::value, int>::type = 0>
@@ -318,6 +325,10 @@ class basic_json_document
         return d;
     }
 
+    template<typename InputType, typename IntegerType, typename... Flags>
+    static typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_integer_not_bool<IntegerType>::value, basic_json_document>::type
+    parse_copy(InputType&& input, IntegerType value, Flags&&... flags) = delete;
+
     /// check whether the input is valid JSON (the result of basic_json::accept)
     template<typename InputType>
     static bool accept(InputType&& input, const bool ignore_comments = false, const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
@@ -327,6 +338,10 @@ class basic_json_document
         return !d.is_discarded();
     }
 
+    template<typename InputType, typename IntegerType, typename... Flags>
+    static typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_integer_not_bool<IntegerType>::value, bool>::type
+    accept(InputType&& input, IntegerType value, Flags&&... flags) = delete;
+
     /// parse into this document, reusing its memory
     template<typename InputType>
     // flawfinder: ignore (a member function, not POSIX read())
@@ -339,6 +354,11 @@ class basic_json_document
                   std::integral_constant<detail::view::input_kind, detail::view::classify_input<InputType>::value> {});
     }
 
+    template<typename InputType, typename IntegerType, typename... Flags>
+    // flawfinder: ignore (a member function, not POSIX read())
+    typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_integer_not_bool<IntegerType>::value, void>::type
+    read(InputType&& input, IntegerType value, Flags&&... flags) = delete;
+
     ////////////
     // access //
     ////////////
diff --git a/tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp b/tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp
index d953d9903..9df459d3a 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ using nlohmann::json_document;
 using nlohmann::json_view;
 using nlohmann::ordered_json_document;
 
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <list>
 #include <map>
 #include <random>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -30,6 +32,16 @@ using nlohmann::ordered_json_document;
 
 namespace
 {
+// detection of calls that must not compile
+template<typename... Args>
+using parse_call_t = decltype(json_document::parse(std::declval<Args>()...));
+template<typename... Args>
+using parse_copy_call_t = decltype(json_document::parse_copy(std::declval<Args>()...));
+template<typename... Args>
+using accept_call_t = decltype(json_document::accept(std::declval<Args>()...));
+template<typename... Args>
+using read_call_t = decltype(std::declval<json_document&>().read(std::declval<Args>()...));
+
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
 // the exception parse() throws for a text, or "" if it accepts it
 std::string parse_exception(const std::string& text, bool comments = false, bool trailing_commas = false)
@@ -329,6 +341,38 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view")
         CHECK(json_document::parse("", false).is_discarded());
     }
 
+    SECTION("integer arguments do not compile")
+    {
+        using nlohmann::detail::is_detected;
+
+        // a length is not a flag: parse(ptr, len) would convert len to
+        // allow_exceptions and read ptr as a C string, which need not end
+        static_assert(is_detected<parse_call_t, const char*, bool>::value, "parse(ptr, bool) is valid");
+        static_assert(is_detected<parse_call_t, const char*, bool, bool, bool>::value, "parse(ptr, bool, bool, bool) is valid");
+        static_assert(is_detected<parse_call_t, const char*, const char*>::value, "parse(first, last) is valid");
+        static_assert(is_detected<parse_call_t, const char*, const char*, bool>::value, "parse(first, last, bool) is valid");
+        static_assert(!is_detected<parse_call_t, const char*, std::size_t>::value, "parse(ptr, len) must not compile");
+        static_assert(!is_detected<parse_call_t, const char*, int>::value, "parse(ptr, int) must not compile");
+        static_assert(!is_detected<parse_call_t, const char*, char>::value, "parse(ptr, char) must not compile");
+        static_assert(!is_detected<parse_call_t, const char*, std::size_t, bool>::value, "parse(ptr, len, bool) must not compile");
+        static_assert(!is_detected<parse_call_t, const std::string&, std::size_t>::value, "parse(string, len) must not compile");
+        static_assert(!is_detected<parse_call_t, const std::vector<char>&, std::size_t>::value, "parse(vector, len) must not compile");
+
+        static_assert(is_detected<parse_copy_call_t, const char*, bool>::value, "parse_copy(ptr, bool) is valid");
+        static_assert(!is_detected<parse_copy_call_t, const char*, std::size_t>::value, "parse_copy(ptr, len) must not compile");
+
+        static_assert(is_detected<accept_call_t, const char*, bool>::value, "accept(ptr, bool) is valid");
+        static_assert(!is_detected<accept_call_t, const char*, std::size_t>::value, "accept(ptr, len) must not compile");
+
+        static_assert(is_detected<read_call_t, const char*, bool>::value, "read(ptr, bool) is valid");
+        static_assert(!is_detected<read_call_t, const char*, std::size_t>::value, "read(ptr, len) must not compile");
+
+        // the valid calls still work
+        const char* const text = "[1]";
+        CHECK(json_document::parse(text, true).root().is_array());
+        CHECK(json_document::accept(text, true, true));
+    }
+
     SECTION("document lifetime and reuse")
     {
         json_document d;