fix verb (closes #21174)
diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index e3e6536..9943b9a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@
.. exception:: GeneratorExit
- Raise when a :term:`generator`\'s :meth:`close` method is called. It
- directly inherits from :exc:`BaseException` instead of :exc:`StandardError` since
- it is technically not an error.
+ Raised when a :term:`generator`\'s :meth:`close` method is called. It
+ directly inherits from :exc:`BaseException` instead of :exc:`StandardError`
+ since it is technically not an error.
.. versionadded:: 2.5