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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_doctest.py b/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
index d5e9ef5..5d0cf90 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
@@ -623,8 +623,10 @@ replaced with any other string:
>>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test)
(0, 2)
-An example may generate output before it raises an exception; if it
-does, then the output must match the expected output:
+An example may not generate output before it raises an exception; if
+it does, then the traceback message will not be recognized as
+signaling an expected exception, so the example will be reported as an
+unexpected exception:
>>> def f(x):
... '''
@@ -636,7 +638,15 @@ does, then the output must match the expected output:
... '''
>>> test = doctest.DocTestFinder().find(f)[0]
>>> doctest.DocTestRunner(verbose=False).run(test)
- (0, 2)
+ ... # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+ **********************************************************************
+ Line 3, in f
+ Failed example:
+ print 'pre-exception output', x/0
+ Exception raised:
+ ...
+ ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero
+ (1, 2)
Exception messages may contain newlines: