diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Rendering/IJsonHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Rendering/IJsonHelper.cs
index 20c9247164..7de4f93406 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Rendering/IJsonHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Rendering/IJsonHelper.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Html.Abstractions;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering
@@ -14,15 +15,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering
         /// Returns serialized JSON for the <paramref name="value"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="value">The value to serialize as JSON.</param>
-        /// <returns>A new <see cref="HtmlString"/> containing the serialized JSON.</returns>
-        HtmlString Serialize(object value);
+        /// <returns>A new <see cref="IHtmlContent"/> containing the serialized JSON.</returns>
+        IHtmlContent Serialize(object value);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns serialized JSON for the <paramref name="value"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="value">The value to serialize as JSON.</param>
-        /// <param name="serializerSettings">The <see cref="JsonSerializerSettings"/> to be used by the serializer.</param>
-        /// <returns>A new <see cref="HtmlString"/> containing the serialized JSON.</returns>
-        HtmlString Serialize(object value, JsonSerializerSettings serializerSettings);
+        /// <param name="serializerSettings">
+        /// The <see cref="JsonSerializerSettings"/> to be used by the serializer.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>A new <see cref="IHtmlContent"/> containing the serialized JSON.</returns>
+        IHtmlContent Serialize(object value, JsonSerializerSettings serializerSettings);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/JsonHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/JsonHelper.cs
index 3b33478242..dc781cb9df 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/JsonHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/JsonHelper.cs
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Html.Abstractions;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Formatters;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures
 {
@@ -32,13 +33,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public HtmlString Serialize(object value)
+        public IHtmlContent Serialize(object value)
         {
             return SerializeInternal(_jsonOutputFormatter, value);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public HtmlString Serialize(object value, JsonSerializerSettings serializerSettings)
+        public IHtmlContent Serialize(object value, JsonSerializerSettings serializerSettings)
         {
             if (serializerSettings == null)
             {
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewFeatures
             return SerializeInternal(jsonOutputFormatter, value);
         }
 
-        private HtmlString SerializeInternal(JsonOutputFormatter jsonOutputFormatter, object value)
+        private IHtmlContent SerializeInternal(JsonOutputFormatter jsonOutputFormatter, object value)
         {
             var stringWriter = new StringWriter(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
             jsonOutputFormatter.WriteObject(stringWriter, value);