diff --git a/examples/follow.py b/examples/follow.py
index 64b3e1ac6..cbb559deb 100755
--- a/examples/follow.py
+++ b/examples/follow.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def follow(job, count, items):
             job.refresh()
             continue
         stream = items(offset+1)
-        for event in results.ResultsReader(stream):
+        for event in results.JSONResultsReader(stream):
             pprint(event)
         offset = total
 
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ def main():
         
     if job['reportSearch'] is not None: # Is it a transforming search?
         count = lambda: int(job['numPreviews'])
-        items = lambda _: job.preview()
+        items = lambda _: job.preview(output_mode='json')
     else:
         count = lambda: int(job['eventCount'])
-        items = lambda offset: job.events(offset=offset)
+        items = lambda offset: job.events(offset=offset, output_mode='json')
     
     try:
         follow(job, count, items)
diff --git a/examples/oneshot.py b/examples/oneshot.py
index dc34bb8cb..8429aedfb 100755
--- a/examples/oneshot.py
+++ b/examples/oneshot.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                     "(e.g., export PYTHONPATH=~/splunk-sdk-python.")
 
 def pretty(response):
-    reader = results.ResultsReader(response)
+    reader = results.JSONResultsReader(response)
     for result in reader:
         if isinstance(result, dict):
             pprint(result)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def main():
     search = opts.args[0]
     service = connect(**opts.kwargs)
     socket.setdefaulttimeout(None)
-    response = service.jobs.oneshot(search)
+    response = service.jobs.oneshot(search, output_mode='json')
 
     pretty(response)
 
diff --git a/examples/results.py b/examples/results.py
index 9c0f18751..e18e8f567 100755
--- a/examples/results.py
+++ b/examples/results.py
@@ -17,18 +17,21 @@
 """A script that reads XML search results from stdin and pretty-prints them
    back to stdout. The script is designed to be used with the search.py 
    example, eg: './search.py "search 404" | ./results.py'"""
- 
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from pprint import pprint
 import sys, os
+
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
 
 import splunklib.results as results
 
+
 def pretty():
-    reader = results.ResultsReader(sys.stdin)
+    reader = results.JSONResultsReader(sys.stdin)
     for event in reader:
         pprint(event)
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pretty()
diff --git a/examples/search_modes.py b/examples/search_modes.py
index f3e05f362..f1d1687f2 100644
--- a/examples/search_modes.py
+++ b/examples/search_modes.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def modes(argv):
     while not job.is_ready():
         time.sleep(0.5)
         pass    
-    reader = results.ResultsReader(job.events())
+    reader = results.JSONResultsReader(job.events(output_mode='json'))
     # Events found: 0
     print('Events found with adhoc_search_level="smart": %s' % len([e for e in reader]))
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def modes(argv):
     while not job.is_ready():
         time.sleep(0.5)
         pass
-    reader = results.ResultsReader(job.events())
+    reader = results.JSONResultsReader(job.events(output_mode='json'))
     # Events found: 10
     print('Events found with adhoc_search_level="verbose": %s' % len([e for e in reader]))
 
diff --git a/examples/stail.py b/examples/stail.py
index 85f38a853..6ba4ee54e 100755
--- a/examples/stail.py
+++ b/examples/stail.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from pprint import pprint
 
 from splunklib.client import connect
-from splunklib.results import ResultsReader
+from splunklib.results import JSONResultsReader
 
 try:
     import utils
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ def main():
             search=search,
             earliest_time="rt", 
             latest_time="rt", 
-            search_mode="realtime")
+            search_mode="realtime",
+            output_mode="json")
 
-        for result in ResultsReader(result.body):
+        for result in JSONResultsReader(result.body):
             if result is not None:
                 print(pprint(result))
 
diff --git a/splunklib/client.py b/splunklib/client.py
index 7b0772f11..0979140c2 100644
--- a/splunklib/client.py
+++ b/splunklib/client.py
@@ -2767,9 +2767,8 @@ def pause(self):
         return self
 
     def results(self, **query_params):
-        """Returns a streaming handle to this job's search results. To get a
-        nice, Pythonic iterator, pass the handle to :class:`splunklib.results.ResultsReader`,
-        as in::
+        """Returns a streaming handle to this job's search results. To get a nice, Pythonic iterator, pass the handle
+        to :class:`splunklib.results.JSONResultsReader` along with the query param "output_mode='json'", as in::
 
             import splunklib.client as client
             import splunklib.results as results
@@ -2778,7 +2777,7 @@ def results(self, **query_params):
             job = service.jobs.create("search * | head 5")
             while not job.is_done():
                 sleep(.2)
-            rr = results.ResultsReader(job.results())
+            rr = results.JSONResultsReader(job.results(output_mode='json'))
             for result in rr:
                 if isinstance(result, results.Message):
                     # Diagnostic messages may be returned in the results
@@ -2808,19 +2807,17 @@ def results(self, **query_params):
     def preview(self, **query_params):
         """Returns a streaming handle to this job's preview search results.
 
-        Unlike :class:`splunklib.results.ResultsReader`, which requires a job to
-        be finished to
-        return any results, the ``preview`` method returns any results that have
-        been generated so far, whether the job is running or not. The
-        returned search results are the raw data from the server. Pass
-        the handle returned to :class:`splunklib.results.ResultsReader` to get a
-        nice, Pythonic iterator over objects, as in::
+        Unlike :class:`splunklib.results.JSONResultsReader`along with the query param "output_mode='json'",
+        which requires a job to be finished to return any results, the ``preview`` method returns any results that
+        have been generated so far, whether the job is running or not. The returned search results are the raw data
+        from the server. Pass the handle returned to :class:`splunklib.results.JSONResultsReader` to get a nice,
+        Pythonic iterator over objects, as in::
 
             import splunklib.client as client
             import splunklib.results as results
             service = client.connect(...)
             job = service.jobs.create("search * | head 5")
-            rr = results.ResultsReader(job.preview())
+            rr = results.JSONResultsReader(job.preview(output_mode='json'))
             for result in rr:
                 if isinstance(result, results.Message):
                     # Diagnostic messages may be returned in the results
@@ -2975,15 +2972,15 @@ def create(self, query, **kwargs):
         return Job(self.service, sid)
 
     def export(self, query, **params):
-        """Runs a search and immediately starts streaming preview events.
-        This method returns a streaming handle to this job's events as an XML
-        document from the server. To parse this stream into usable Python objects,
-        pass the handle to :class:`splunklib.results.ResultsReader`::
+        """Runs a search and immediately starts streaming preview events. This method returns a streaming handle to
+        this job's events as an XML document from the server. To parse this stream into usable Python objects,
+        pass the handle to :class:`splunklib.results.JSONResultsReader` along with the query param
+        "output_mode='json'"::
 
             import splunklib.client as client
             import splunklib.results as results
             service = client.connect(...)
-            rr = results.ResultsReader(service.jobs.export("search * | head 5"))
+            rr = results.JSONResultsReader(service.jobs.export("search * | head 5",output_mode='json'))
             for result in rr:
                 if isinstance(result, results.Message):
                     # Diagnostic messages may be returned in the results
@@ -3032,14 +3029,14 @@ def itemmeta(self):
     def oneshot(self, query, **params):
         """Run a oneshot search and returns a streaming handle to the results.
 
-        The ``InputStream`` object streams XML fragments from the server. To
-        parse this stream into usable Python objects,
-        pass the handle to :class:`splunklib.results.ResultsReader`::
+        The ``InputStream`` object streams XML fragments from the server. To parse this stream into usable Python
+        objects, pass the handle to :class:`splunklib.results.JSONResultsReader` along with the query param
+        "output_mode='json'" ::
 
             import splunklib.client as client
             import splunklib.results as results
             service = client.connect(...)
-            rr = results.ResultsReader(service.jobs.oneshot("search * | head 5"))
+            rr = results.JSONResultsReader(service.jobs.oneshot("search * | head 5",output_mode='json'))
             for result in rr:
                 if isinstance(result, results.Message):
                     # Diagnostic messages may be returned in the results
diff --git a/splunklib/results.py b/splunklib/results.py
index 66e9ad7d1..5f3966859 100644
--- a/splunklib/results.py
+++ b/splunklib/results.py
@@ -34,15 +34,19 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from io import BytesIO
+from io import BufferedReader, BytesIO
 
 from splunklib import six
+
+from splunklib.six import deprecated
+
 try:
     import xml.etree.cElementTree as et
 except:
     import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from json import loads as json_loads
 
 try:
     from splunklib.six.moves import cStringIO as StringIO
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@
     "Message"
 ]
 
+
 class Message(object):
     """This class represents informational messages that Splunk interleaves in the results stream.
 
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ class Message(object):
 
         m = Message("DEBUG", "There's something in that variable...")
     """
+
     def __init__(self, type_, message):
         self.type = type_
         self.message = message
@@ -77,6 +83,7 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash((self.type, self.message))
 
+
 class _ConcatenatedStream(object):
     """Lazily concatenate zero or more streams into a stream.
 
@@ -89,6 +96,7 @@ class _ConcatenatedStream(object):
         s = _ConcatenatedStream(StringIO("abc"), StringIO("def"))
         assert s.read() == "abcdef"
     """
+
     def __init__(self, *streams):
         self.streams = list(streams)
 
@@ -107,6 +115,7 @@ def read(self, n=None):
                 del self.streams[0]
         return response
 
+
 class _XMLDTDFilter(object):
     """Lazily remove all XML DTDs from a stream.
 
@@ -120,6 +129,7 @@ class _XMLDTDFilter(object):
         s = _XMLDTDFilter("<?xml abcd><element><?xml ...></element>")
         assert s.read() == "<element></element>"
     """
+
     def __init__(self, stream):
         self.stream = stream
 
@@ -150,6 +160,8 @@ def read(self, n=None):
                     n -= 1
         return response
 
+
+@deprecated("Use the JSONResultsReader function instead in conjuction with the 'output_mode' query param set to 'json'")
 class ResultsReader(object):
     """This class returns dictionaries and Splunk messages from an XML results
     stream.
@@ -177,6 +189,7 @@ class ResultsReader(object):
                 print "Message: %s" % result
         print "is_preview = %s " % reader.is_preview
     """
+
     # Be sure to update the docstrings of client.Jobs.oneshot,
     # client.Job.results_preview and client.Job.results to match any
     # changes made to ResultsReader.
@@ -257,16 +270,16 @@ def _parse_results(self, stream):
                         # So we'll define it here
 
                         def __itertext(self):
-                          tag = self.tag
-                          if not isinstance(tag, six.string_types) and tag is not None:
-                              return
-                          if self.text:
-                              yield self.text
-                          for e in self:
-                              for s in __itertext(e):
-                                  yield s
-                              if e.tail:
-                                  yield e.tail
+                            tag = self.tag
+                            if not isinstance(tag, six.string_types) and tag is not None:
+                                return
+                            if self.text:
+                                yield self.text
+                            for e in self:
+                                for s in __itertext(e):
+                                    yield s
+                                if e.tail:
+                                    yield e.tail
 
                         text = "".join(__itertext(elem))
                     values.append(text)
@@ -288,5 +301,69 @@ def __itertext(self):
                 raise
 
 
+class JSONResultsReader(object):
+    """This class returns dictionaries and Splunk messages from a JSON results
+    stream.
+    ``JSONResultsReader`` is iterable, and returns a ``dict`` for results, or a
+    :class:`Message` object for Splunk messages. This class has one field,
+    ``is_preview``, which is ``True`` when the results are a preview from a
+    running search, or ``False`` when the results are from a completed search.
+    This function has no network activity other than what is implicit in the
+    stream it operates on.
+    :param `stream`: The stream to read from (any object that supports
+        ``.read()``).
+    **Example**::
+        import results
+        response = ... # the body of an HTTP response
+        reader = results.JSONResultsReader(response)
+        for result in reader:
+            if isinstance(result, dict):
+                print "Result: %s" % result
+            elif isinstance(result, results.Message):
+                print "Message: %s" % result
+        print "is_preview = %s " % reader.is_preview
+    """
+
+    # Be sure to update the docstrings of client.Jobs.oneshot,
+    # client.Job.results_preview and client.Job.results to match any
+    # changes made to JSONResultsReader.
+    #
+    # This wouldn't be a class, just the _parse_results function below,
+    # except that you cannot get the current generator inside the
+    # function creating that generator. Thus it's all wrapped up for
+    # the sake of one field.
+    def __init__(self, stream):
+        # The search/jobs/exports endpoint, when run with
+        # earliest_time=rt and latest_time=rt, output_mode=json, streams a sequence of
+        # JSON documents, each containing a result, as opposed to one
+        # results element containing lots of results.
+        stream = BufferedReader(stream)
+        self.is_preview = None
+        self._gen = self._parse_results(stream)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
 
+    def next(self):
+        return next(self._gen)
+
+    __next__ = next
 
+    def _parse_results(self, stream):
+        """Parse results and messages out of *stream*."""
+        for line in stream.readlines():
+            strip_line = line.strip()
+            if strip_line.__len__() == 0: continue
+            parsed_line = json_loads(strip_line)
+            if "preview" in parsed_line:
+                self.is_preview = parsed_line["preview"]
+            if "messages" in parsed_line and parsed_line["messages"].__len__() > 0:
+                for message in parsed_line["messages"]:
+                    msg_type = message.get("type", "Unknown Message Type")
+                    text = message.get("text")
+                yield Message(msg_type, text)
+            if "result" in parsed_line:
+                yield parsed_line["result"]
+            if "results" in parsed_line:
+                for result in parsed_line["results"]:
+                    yield result
diff --git a/splunklib/six.py b/splunklib/six.py
index 5fe9f8e14..d13e50c93 100644
--- a/splunklib/six.py
+++ b/splunklib/six.py
@@ -978,3 +978,16 @@ def python_2_unicode_compatible(klass):
     del i, importer
 # Finally, add the importer to the meta path import hook.
 sys.meta_path.append(_importer)
+
+import warnings
+
+def deprecated(message):
+  def deprecated_decorator(func):
+      def deprecated_func(*args, **kwargs):
+          warnings.warn("{} is a deprecated function. {}".format(func.__name__, message),
+                        category=DeprecationWarning,
+                        stacklevel=2)
+          warnings.simplefilter('default', DeprecationWarning)
+          return func(*args, **kwargs)
+      return deprecated_func
+  return deprecated_decorator
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/searchcommands/test_validators.py b/tests/searchcommands/test_validators.py
index 38836c4aa..cc524b307 100755
--- a/tests/searchcommands/test_validators.py
+++ b/tests/searchcommands/test_validators.py
@@ -208,10 +208,9 @@ def test(integer):
     
     def test_float(self):
         # Float validator test
-        import random
 
-        maxsize = random.random() + 1
-        minsize = random.random() - 1
+        maxsize = 1.5
+        minsize = -1.5
 
         validator = validators.Float()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_job.py b/tests/test_job.py
index 4de34b611..44326086b 100755
--- a/tests/test_job.py
+++ b/tests/test_job.py
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def test_oneshot_with_garbage_fails(self):
 
     def test_oneshot(self):
         jobs = self.service.jobs
-        stream = jobs.oneshot("search index=_internal earliest=-1m | head 3")
-        result = results.ResultsReader(stream)
+        stream = jobs.oneshot("search index=_internal earliest=-1m | head 3", output_mode='json')
+        result = results.JSONResultsReader(stream)
         ds = list(result)
         self.assertEqual(result.is_preview, False)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(ds[0], dict) or \
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ def test_export_with_garbage_fails(self):
 
     def test_export(self):
         jobs = self.service.jobs
-        stream = jobs.export("search index=_internal earliest=-1m | head 3")
-        result = results.ResultsReader(stream)
+        stream = jobs.export("search index=_internal earliest=-1m | head 3", output_mode='json')
+        result = results.JSONResultsReader(stream)
         ds = list(result)
         self.assertEqual(result.is_preview, False)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(ds[0], dict) or \
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_export_docstring_sample(self):
         import splunklib.client as client
         import splunklib.results as results
         service = self.service # cheat
-        rr = results.ResultsReader(service.jobs.export("search * | head 5"))
+        rr = results.JSONResultsReader(service.jobs.export("search * | head 5", output_mode='json'))
         for result in rr:
             if isinstance(result, results.Message):
                 # Diagnostic messages may be returned in the results
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def test_results_docstring_sample(self):
         job = service.jobs.create("search * | head 5")
         while not job.is_done():
             sleep(0.2)
-        rr = results.ResultsReader(job.results())
+        rr = results.JSONResultsReader(job.results(output_mode='json'))
         for result in rr:
             if isinstance(result, results.Message):
                 # Diagnostic messages may be returned in the results
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def test_preview_docstring_sample(self):
         import splunklib.results as results
         service = self.service # cheat
         job = service.jobs.create("search * | head 5")
-        rr = results.ResultsReader(job.preview())
+        rr = results.JSONResultsReader(job.preview(output_mode='json'))
         for result in rr:
             if isinstance(result, results.Message):
                 # Diagnostic messages may be returned in the results
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def test_oneshot_docstring_sample(self):
         import splunklib.client as client
         import splunklib.results as results
         service = self.service # cheat
-        rr = results.ResultsReader(service.jobs.oneshot("search * | head 5"))
+        rr = results.JSONResultsReader(service.jobs.oneshot("search * | head 5", output_mode='json'))
         for result in rr:
             if isinstance(result, results.Message):
                 # Diagnostic messages may be returned in the results
@@ -295,12 +295,12 @@ def test_get_preview_and_events(self):
         self.assertEventuallyTrue(self.job.is_done)
         self.assertLessEqual(int(self.job['eventCount']), 3)
 
-        preview_stream = self.job.preview()
-        preview_r = results.ResultsReader(preview_stream)
+        preview_stream = self.job.preview(output_mode='json')
+        preview_r = results.JSONResultsReader(preview_stream)
         self.assertFalse(preview_r.is_preview)
 
-        events_stream = self.job.events()
-        events_r = results.ResultsReader(events_stream)
+        events_stream = self.job.events(output_mode='json')
+        events_r = results.JSONResultsReader(events_stream)
 
         n_events = len([x for x in events_r if isinstance(x, dict)])
         n_preview = len([x for x in preview_r if isinstance(x, dict)])
diff --git a/tests/test_results.py b/tests/test_results.py
index 52e290f25..5fdca2b91 100755
--- a/tests/test_results.py
+++ b/tests/test_results.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def test_read_from_empty_result_set(self):
         job = self.service.jobs.create("search index=_internal_does_not_exist | head 2")
         while not job.is_done():
             sleep(0.5)
-        self.assertEqual(0, len(list(results.ResultsReader(io.BufferedReader(job.results())))))
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(list(results.JSONResultsReader(io.BufferedReader(job.results(output_mode='json'))))))
 
     def test_read_normal_results(self):
         xml_text = """
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 227be746c..58ee004ca 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ deps = pytest
        unittest2
        unittest-xml-reporting
        python-dotenv
+       deprecation
 
 distdir = build
 commands =