diff --git a/docs/guides/2-cli.md b/docs/guides/2-cli.md
index c434e4bc5..14ae0531f 100644
--- a/docs/guides/2-cli.md
+++ b/docs/guides/2-cli.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Other options include:
       --fail-on-unmatched-globs  fail on unmatched glob patterns                                                 [boolean] [default: false]
   -v, --verbose                  increase verbosity                                                                               [boolean]
   -q, --quiet                    no logging - output only                                                                         [boolean]
-  -p, --parser                   specify the parser used to read the file                                                         ["JsonParserResult", "parseJson", "Json", "parseYaml", "Yaml"]
+  -p, --parser                   specify the parser used to read the file                                                         ["Json", "Yaml"]
 ```
 
 The Spectral CLI supports loading documents as YAML or JSON, and validation of OpenAPI v2/v3 documents via the built-in ruleset. The default parser reads YAML files, when loading JSON documents you should specify `--parser Json`.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts
index e2dcd243f..8feba8883 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ const lintCommand: CommandModule = {
         parser: {
           alias: 'p',
           description: 'specify the parser used to read the file',
-          choices: ["JsonParserResult", "parseJson", "Json", "parseYaml", "Yaml"],
+          choices: ["Json", "Yaml"],
           default: 'Yaml',
           type: 'string',
         }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/config.ts
index 435622c29..eba168543 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/config.ts
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ export interface ILintConfig {
   failOnUnmatchedGlobs: boolean;
   verbose?: boolean;
   quiet?: boolean;
-  parser?: keyof typeof Parsers
+  parser?: keyof Pick<typeof Parsers, "Yaml" | "Json">
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/linter/linter.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/linter/linter.ts
index ca1b9e2da..d9339bcba 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/linter/linter.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/linter/linter.ts
@@ -63,13 +63,23 @@ const createDocument = async (
   identifier: string | number,
   opts: IFileReadOptions,
   source: string,
-  parser: keyof typeof Parsers = "Yaml"
-): Promise<Document<unknown, Parsers.YamlParserResult<unknown>>> => {
-  const parserImpl = Parsers[parser]
+  parser: ILintConfig["parser"] = "Yaml"
+) => {
+  // I wanted to dynamically assign the parser using something like this:
+  // const parserImplementation = Parsers[parser]
+  // but I got a type-error on new Document() that I was unable to resolve dynamically (not sure why)
+
+  if (parser === "Json") {
+    if (typeof identifier === 'string') {
+      return new Document(await readParsable(identifier, opts), Parsers.Json, identifier);
+    }
+
+    return new Document(await readFileDescriptor(identifier, opts), Parsers.Json, source);
+  }
 
   if (typeof identifier === 'string') {
-    return new Document(await readParsable(identifier, opts), parserImpl, identifier);
+    return new Document(await readParsable(identifier, opts), Parsers.Yaml, identifier);
   }
 
-  return new Document(await readFileDescriptor(identifier, opts), parserImpl, source);
+  return new Document(await readFileDescriptor(identifier, opts), Parsers.Yaml, source);
 };