diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 48e24e64cd08d8..41093bf852b20c 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -1688,7 +1688,11 @@ function. You can create and destroy them using the following functions:
           .check_multi_interp_extensions = 1,
           .gil = PyInterpreterConfig_OWN_GIL,
       };
-      PyThreadState *tstate = Py_NewInterpreterFromConfig(&config);
+      PyThreadState *tstate = NULL;
+      PyStatus status = Py_NewInterpreterFromConfig(&tstate, &config);
+      if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
+          Py_ExitStatusException(status);
+      }
 
    Note that the config is used only briefly and does not get modified.
    During initialization the config's values are converted into various