diff --git a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
index 66789a9..d1940a8 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@
    according to the user's locale).  It is important to note that the
    argument list may be modified (but the contents of the strings
    pointed to by the argument list are not). The return value will be
-   the integer passed to the :func:`sys.exit` function, ``1`` if the
-   interpreter exits due to an exception, or ``2`` if the parameter
-   list does not represent a valid Python command line.
+   ```0``` if the interpreter exits normally (ie, without an
+   exception), ``1`` if the interpreter exits due to an exception, or
+   ``2`` if the parameter list does not represent a valid Python
+   command line.
 
-   Note that if an otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemError` is raised, this
+   Note that if an otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemExit` is raised, this
    function will not return ``1``, but exit the process, as long as
    ``Py_InspectFlag`` is not set.
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
    there was an error, there is no way to get the exception information. For the
    meaning of *flags*, see below.
 
-   Note that if an otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemError` is raised, this
+   Note that if an otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemExit` is raised, this
    function will not return ``-1``, but exit the process, as long as
    ``Py_InspectFlag`` is not set.