diff --git a/Lib/pkgutil.py b/Lib/pkgutil.py
index 8bdeb32..2c8a31b 100644
--- a/Lib/pkgutil.py
+++ b/Lib/pkgutil.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
         return importlib.find_loader(fullname, path)
     except (ImportError, AttributeError, TypeError, ValueError) as ex:
         # This hack fixes an impedance mismatch between pkgutil and
-        # importlib, where the latter throws other errors for cases where
+        # importlib, where the latter raises other errors for cases where
         # pkgutil previously threw ImportError
         msg = "Error while finding loader for {!r} ({}: {})"
         raise ImportError(msg.format(fullname, type(ex), ex)) from ex