Clarify that PyErr_NewException creates an exception *class*, not instance.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index 8b1e8fc..a001145 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -352,10 +352,10 @@
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyErr_NewException(char *name, PyObject *base, PyObject *dict)
- This utility function creates and returns a new exception object. The *name*
+ This utility function creates and returns a new exception class. The *name*
argument must be the name of the new exception, a C string of the form
- ``module.class``. The *base* and *dict* arguments are normally *NULL*. This
- creates a class object derived from :exc:`Exception` (accessible in C as
+ ``module.classname``. The *base* and *dict* arguments are normally *NULL*.
+ This creates a class object derived from :exc:`Exception` (accessible in C as
:cdata:`PyExc_Exception`).
The :attr:`__module__` attribute of the new class is set to the first part (up