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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Doc/howto/functional.rst
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Expand Up @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ generators:
raise an exception inside the generator; the exception is raised by the
``yield`` expression where the generator's execution is paused.

* :meth:`~generator.close` raises a :exc:`GeneratorExit` exception inside the
* :meth:`~generator.close` sends a :exc:`GeneratorExit` exception to the
generator to terminate the iteration. On receiving this exception, the
generator's code must either raise :exc:`GeneratorExit` or
:exc:`StopIteration`; catching the exception and doing anything else is
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions Doc/reference/expressions.rst
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Expand Up @@ -625,8 +625,10 @@ is already executing raises a :exc:`ValueError` exception.

.. method:: generator.close()

Raises a :exc:`GeneratorExit` at the point where the generator function was
paused. If the generator function catches the exception and returns a
Raises a :exc:`GeneratorExit` exception at the point where the generator
function was paused (equivalent to calling ``throw(GeneratorExit)``).
The exception is raised by the yield expression where the generator was paused.
If the generator function catches the exception and returns a
value, this value is returned from :meth:`close`. If the generator function
is already closed, or raises :exc:`GeneratorExit` (by not catching the
exception), :meth:`close` returns :const:`None`. If the generator yields a
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