#11317: fix wrong info about string exceptions.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index 3ed1313..e9ced0b 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -610,14 +610,10 @@
.. versionadded:: 2.5
-Deprecation of String Exceptions
-================================
+String Exceptions
+=================
-.. index:: single: BaseException (built-in exception)
-
-All exceptions built into Python or provided in the standard library are derived
-from :exc:`BaseException`.
-
-String exceptions are still supported in the interpreter to allow existing code
-to run unmodified, but this will also change in a future release.
+.. versionchanged:: 2.6
+ All exceptions to be raised or caught must be derived from :exc:`BaseException`.
+ Trying to raise a string exception now raises :exc:`TypeError`.