diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
index ce47164..5a182a9 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@
            if ok in ('y', 'ye', 'yes'): return True
            if ok in ('n', 'no', 'nop', 'nope'): return False
            retries = retries - 1
-           if retries < 0: raise IOError, 'refusenik user'
+           if retries < 0:
+               raise IOError('refusenik user')
            print(complaint)
 
 This function can be called either like this: ``ask_ok('Do you really want to
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst b/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
index 706e2c0..162457e 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
    ...     print('My exception occurred, value:', e.value)
    ... 
    My exception occurred, value: 4
-   >>> raise MyError, 'oops!'
+   >>> raise MyError('oops!')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
    __main__.MyError: 'oops!'