diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index f76cd97..98d0cf9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1631,7 +1631,8 @@
 .. function:: fork()
 
    Fork a child process.  Return ``0`` in the child and the child's process id in the
-   parent. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   parent.  If an error occurs :exc:`OSError` is raised.
+   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: forkpty()
@@ -1640,7 +1641,8 @@
    terminal. Return a pair of ``(pid, fd)``, where *pid* is ``0`` in the child, the
    new child's process id in the parent, and *fd* is the file descriptor of the
    master end of the pseudo-terminal.  For a more portable approach, use the
-   :mod:`pty` module. Availability: Macintosh, some flavors of Unix.
+   :mod:`pty` module.  If an error occurs :exc:`OSError` is raised.
+   Availability: Macintosh, some flavors of Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: kill(pid, sig)