From 10117f1d8cb49ce95493555c06050faf636ccee7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vidhya <96202776+Vidhyavinu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 09:23:47 -0500
Subject: bpo-6634: [doc] clarify that sys.exit() does not always exit the
 interpreter (GH-31639)

---
 Doc/library/sys.rst | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 5e47201..b83b116 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -449,10 +449,7 @@ always available.
 
 .. function:: exit([arg])
 
-   Exit from Python.  This is implemented by raising the :exc:`SystemExit`
-   exception, so cleanup actions specified by finally clauses of :keyword:`try`
-   statements are honored, and it is possible to intercept the exit attempt at
-   an outer level.
+   Raise a :exc:`SystemExit` exception, signaling an intention to exit the interpreter.
 
    The optional argument *arg* can be an integer giving the exit status
    (defaulting to zero), or another type of object.  If it is an integer, zero
@@ -469,7 +466,8 @@ always available.
 
    Since :func:`exit` ultimately "only" raises an exception, it will only exit
    the process when called from the main thread, and the exception is not
-   intercepted.
+   intercepted. Cleanup actions specified by finally clauses of :keyword:`try` statements
+   are honored, and it is possible to intercept the exit attempt at an outer level.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       If an error occurs in the cleanup after the Python interpreter
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