https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/481588ad4ccd2aff7ca3bac43379da0ce3b1c6d5
commit: 481588ad4ccd2aff7ca3bac43379da0ce3b1c6d5
branch: main
author: Kian Eliasi <[email protected]>
committer: terryjreedy <[email protected]>
date: 2025-09-15T02:11:01-04:00
summary:

gh-138871: Clarify NameError exception in 'del' (#138881)

files:
M Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst

diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
index 5831bd27cba8d3..9c022570e7e847 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ Deletion of a target list recursively deletes each target, 
from left to right.
 
 Deletion of a name removes the binding of that name from the local or global
 namespace, depending on whether the name occurs in a :keyword:`global` 
statement
-in the same code block.  If the name is unbound, a :exc:`NameError` exception
-will be raised.
+in the same code block.  Trying to delete an unbound name raises a
+:exc:`NameError` exception.
 
 .. index:: pair: attribute; deletion
 

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