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diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index 1f461e3fed..6bf21a7dde 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ is already executing raises a :exc:`ValueError` exception. In typical use, this is called with a single exception instance similar to the way the :keyword:`raise` keyword is used. - For backwards compatability, however, the second signature is + For backwards compatibility, however, the second signature is supported, following a convention from older versions of Python. The *type* argument should be an exception class, and *value* should be an exception instance. If the *value* is not provided, the |