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diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index 6e160ee..cf95636 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -768,7 +768,8 @@ float result is delivered. For example, ``10**2`` returns ``100``, but ``10**-2`` returns ``0.01``. Raising ``0.0`` to a negative power results in a :exc:`ZeroDivisionError`. -Raising a negative number to a fractional power results in a :exc:`ValueError`. +Raising a negative number to a fractional power results in a :class:`complex` +number. (Since Python 2.6. In earlier versions it raised a :exc:`ValueError`.) .. _unary: |