diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index ecad0ed881da45..ab198732a427ea 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ always available.
 
    This function prints out a given traceback and exception to ``sys.stderr``.
 
-   When an exception is raised and uncaught, the interpreter calls
+   When an exception other than :exc:`SystemExit` is raised and uncaught, the interpreter calls
    ``sys.excepthook`` with three arguments, the exception class, exception
    instance, and a traceback object.  In an interactive session this happens just
    before control is returned to the prompt; in a Python program this happens just