#4083: add "as" to except handler grammar as per PEP 3110.
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index 0794755..408298d 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
.. productionlist::
try_stmt: try1_stmt | try2_stmt
try1_stmt: "try" ":" `suite`
- : ("except" [`expression` ["," `target`]] ":" `suite`)+
+ : ("except" [`expression` [("as" | ",") `target`]] ":" `suite`)+
: ["else" ":" `suite`]
: ["finally" ":" `suite`]
try2_stmt: "try" ":" `suite`