diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/generic.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/generic.py
index 2dac5b056aba0..63ce25ec5f2b2 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/generic.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/generic.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from typing import (
     Any,
     Callable,
+    Dict,
     Iterable,
     IO,
     List,
@@ -905,6 +906,9 @@ def to_json(
         .. note:: output JSON format is different from pandas'. It always use `orient='records'`
             for its output. This behaviour might have to change in the near future.
 
+        .. note:: Set `ignoreNullFields` keyword argument to `True` to omit `None` or `NaN` values
+            when writing JSON objects. It works only when `path` is provided.
+
         Note NaN's and None will be converted to null and datetime objects
         will be converted to UNIX timestamps.
 
@@ -981,6 +985,9 @@ def to_json(
         if "options" in options and isinstance(options.get("options"), dict) and len(options) == 1:
             options = options.get("options")
 
+        default_options: Dict[str, Any] = {"ignoreNullFields": False}
+        options = {**default_options, **options}
+
         if not lines:
             raise NotImplementedError("lines=False is not implemented yet.")