diff --git a/doc/decimal/cmath.adoc b/doc/decimal/cmath.adoc
index b874fb8c1..bc8ac8b20 100644
--- a/doc/decimal/cmath.adoc
+++ b/doc/decimal/cmath.adoc
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ constexpr int quantexp128(decimal128 x) noexcept;
 
 Effects: if x is finite, returns its quantum exponent.
 
-Otherwise, a domain error occurs and `INT_MIN` is returned.
+Otherwise, `INT_MIN` is returned.
 
 === quantized