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diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index 0bf2127..34ed92f 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ The :keyword:`raise` statement If no expressions are present, :keyword:`raise` re-raises the last exception that was active in the current scope. If no exception is active in the current -scope, a :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised indicating that this is an error -(if running under IDLE, a :exc:`queue.Empty` exception is raised instead). +scope, a :exc:`RuntimeError` exception is raised indicating that this is an +error. Otherwise, :keyword:`raise` evaluates the first expression as the exception object. It must be either a subclass or an instance of :class:`BaseException`. |