diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
@@ -463,11 +463,18 @@
 is invoked, the function can proceed exactly as if the :keyword:`yield`
 statement were just another external call.
 
-The :keyword:`yield` statement is allowed in the :keyword:`try` clause of a
-:keyword:`try` ...  :keyword:`finally` construct.  If the generator is not
-resumed before it is finalized (by reaching a zero reference count or by being
-garbage collected), the generator-iterator's :meth:`close` method will be
-called, allowing any pending :keyword:`finally` clauses to execute.
+The :keyword:`yield` statement is allowed in the :keyword:`try` clause
+of a :keyword:`try` ... :keyword:`finally` construct. If the generator
+is not resumed before it is finalized (by reaching a zero reference
+count or by being garbage collected), the generator-iterator’s
+:meth:`close` method will be called, and the :keyword:`yield`
+statement in the generator function will raise :exc:`GeneratorExit`.
+
+If a generator function raises :exc:`GeneratorExit` (either directly
+or by not catching it), future calls to the :meth:`next` method of the
+generator iterator will raise :exc:`StopIteration`.
+:exc:`GeneratorExit` exceptions raised by the generator function are
+caught internally and do not result in a call to ``sys.excepthook``.
 
 .. seealso::