diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index 65249e1..10e2c4c 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@
    :meth:`__del__` method.
 
    The function is called with a single argument *obj* that identifies the context
-   in which the unraisable exception occurred. The repr of *obj* will be printed in
-   the warning message.
+   in which the unraisable exception occurred. If possible,
+   the repr of *obj* will be printed in the warning message.
 
 
 .. _unicodeexceptions: