diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/get_to.md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/get_to.md
index 8334ba5cf..c50c077b0 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/get_to.md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/get_to.md
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ This overload is chosen if:
 - `ValueType` is not `basic_json`,
 - `json_serializer<ValueType>` has a `from_json()` method of the form `void from_json(const basic_json&, ValueType&)`
 
+`v` must not be `const`. Passing a `const` object is a compile-time error. For types such as arithmetic types, enums,
+and C arrays, the error is a `static_assert` that names the problem. For other types, the overload is not viable, and
+the compiler reports that no matching `get_to` was found.
+
 ## Template parameters
 
 `ValueType`
@@ -67,3 +71,4 @@ Depends on the `json_serializer<ValueType>::from_json()` implementation.
 ## Version history
 
 - Since version 3.3.0.
+- Added a `static_assert` with a clear message for `const` arguments in version 3.13.0.
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 0123bad29..1090ed105 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -2553,6 +2553,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     ValueType & get_to(ValueType& v) const noexcept(noexcept(
                 JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(std::declval<const basic_json_t&>(), v)))
     {
+        static_assert(!std::is_const<ValueType>::value, "get_to() cannot deserialize into a const value");
         JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, v);
         return v;
     }
@@ -2578,6 +2579,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     noexcept(noexcept(JSONSerializer<Array>::from_json(
                           std::declval<const basic_json_t&>(), v)))
     {
+        static_assert(!std::is_const<T>::value, "get_to() cannot deserialize into a const value");
         JSONSerializer<Array>::from_json(*this, v);
         return v;
     }
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 4567a2b32..8c3a1319b 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -27198,6 +27198,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     ValueType & get_to(ValueType& v) const noexcept(noexcept(
             JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(std::declval<const basic_json_t&>(), v)))
     {
+        static_assert(!std::is_const<ValueType>::value, "get_to() cannot deserialize into a const value");
         JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, v);
         return v;
     }
@@ -27223,6 +27224,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     noexcept(noexcept(JSONSerializer<Array>::from_json(
                           std::declval<const basic_json_t&>(), v)))
     {
+        static_assert(!std::is_const<T>::value, "get_to() cannot deserialize into a const value");
         JSONSerializer<Array>::from_json(*this, v);
         return v;
     }