Issue22988: clarify yield and exception blocks

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
index 9fc5f4d7b7..d0682cae53 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
@@ -330,8 +330,9 @@ The execution starts when one of the generator's methods is called.  At that
 time, the execution proceeds to the first yield expression, where it is
 suspended again, returning the value of :token:`expression_list` to the generator's
 caller.  By suspended, we mean that all local state is retained, including the
-current bindings of local variables, the instruction pointer, and the internal
-evaluation stack.  When the execution is resumed by calling one of the
+current bindings of local variables, the instruction pointer, the internal
+evaluation stack, and the state of any exception handling.  When the execution
+is resumed by calling one of the
 generator's methods, the function can proceed exactly as if the yield expression
 were just another external call.  The value of the yield expression after
 resuming depends on the method which resumed the execution.  If
@@ -348,8 +349,8 @@ suspended.  The only difference is that a generator function cannot control
 where the execution should continue after it yields; the control is always
 transferred to the generator's caller.
 
-Yield expressions are allowed in the :keyword:`try` clause of a :keyword:`try`
-...  :keyword:`finally` construct.  If the generator is not resumed before it is
+Yield expressions are allowed anywhere in a :keyword:`try` construct.  If the
+generator is not resumed before it is
 finalized (by reaching a zero reference count or by being garbage collected),
 the generator-iterator's :meth:`~generator.close` method will be called,
 allowing any pending :keyword:`finally` clauses to execute.