Terminology fix: exceptions are raised, except in generator.throw().
diff --git a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst
index daba9a1..0c65290 100644
--- a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@
and ESMTP options suppressed.
This method will return normally if the mail is accepted for at least one
- recipient. Otherwise it will throw an exception. That is, if this method does
- not throw an exception, then someone should get your mail. If this method does
- not throw an exception, it returns a dictionary, with one entry for each
+ recipient. Otherwise it will raise an exception. That is, if this method does
+ not raise an exception, then someone should get your mail. If this method does
+ not raise an exception, it returns a dictionary, with one entry for each
recipient that was refused. Each entry contains a tuple of the SMTP error code
and the accompanying error message sent by the server.